righttirefire Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Like I said to harry. If they are low load, and you multiply it by 10... it's a larger load. I appreciate your reassurance. Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Tonight 7 pm Today 9am Still sky hi ammonia and nitrites, nitrates are rising... I'm going to let it roll. Test tomorrow around noon. That'll be 48 hours. Thinking scrub the rocks again, 100% water change and add 0.5ml ammonia. Test and let it ride... I want to get my ammonia readable. But I'm not overly concerned with hi ammonia in a bucket. I have two 10w heaters in the bucket and not temp gauge. But I know it's warm. Maybe remove 1.heater also Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 I couldn't handle the ammonia/ammonium(Seachem's orime) 100% water change. Rock scrub. Played with scape... can't find it. But it'll have a nice base for the pistol to make a home, and cave, overhang and 2 peaks... so the RFAS have plenty of options. Nh3: Right side - control base API reading - 0ppm Left side - 0.5ml nh3 added API reading - who the #### cares? 1ppm? Control measurement: Nitrites (blue) API reading - 0 ppm Nitrates (yellow) API reading - 0 ppm Let the count down timer begin! 8pm Link to comment
spectra Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Only one putting out a heavy bio load is Harry as he is full of shit....... Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Only one putting out a heavy bio load is Harry as he is full of shit....... I like Harry... full of shit or not, he's always good for laugh. Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 12 hour check-in Ammonia still reading, nitrites reading, didn't test nitrates... It's been a while since I've cycled rock. I forgot how much "fun" it is. And the demon is participating in testing. So that's nice... Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 22 hour update. Ammonia still reading strong Nitrites still reading strong Nitrates are reading Not overly suprised by results. There are seasoned rocks with bacteria, but obviously not the amount required to had the ammonia load. Continuing observation/testing Recap: 5 gallon bucket 2 gallons 1.025 saltwater 0.5ml Ammonia 4 drops Seachem's Prime 5# of "uncured" live rock 2 cured live rocks about 2# 10w heater Small pump Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 So are you taking out the rock that is currently in the nuvo and replacing it with this rock you are cycling? Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 That was the plan. But I have my concerns about adding "new" rock. So are you taking out the rock that is currently in the nuvo and replacing it with this rock you are cycling? I like the overall current scape, but (1) it has some big nasty bristleworms I can't seem to evict, haven't tried a trap. (2) has coral on frag plug sandwichs. (3) has most the zoa colony matted onto the rock. So... I had intended to re-scape, but wanted to make sure everything settled in the tank before a major switch and planned on using ReefCleaners rock, but with this recent rock flower shipment. The time line spend up, so as much as I want to.change it, I don't want to crash my system... I did remove the RFA once during the tank move. I can't remember why... oh it was on a rock that wasn't staying in the system so I had to detach the RFA which wasn't a great experience. So I'm not sure I want to detach 11 RFAS... Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Or try to deal with my zoa colonys. Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 46 hours Ammonia - 1ppm Nitrites - 5ppm Nitrates - 80 ppm 100% Waterchange Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 Found my scape! Pictures to follow! Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 47 Hour 100% Waterchange toothbrushes the rocks again, about 0.25 ammonia added, 4 drops prime, and we're off again Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Why are you testing hourly? Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 Front view Left side Right side You'll notice the sheet of paper that's roughly 4" narrower than the tank and 3" shorter front to back. So my fat hands can clean the glass Why are you testing hourly? That would be dumb... I'm testing daily... maybe 12 hours if I'm home. But I take a base line after water change to varify low level ammonia, 0 nitrites, 0 nitrates... Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Why not just let it be for a week and cycle? I never heard of all these 100% water changes with ammonia and the bacteria stuff. Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 I haven't either, but the nitrates won't go away by themselves. And my theory is the bacteria is still alive, I'm still feeding it, so the only harm is the bacteria than consumes nitrites... it's an experiment Why not just let it be for a week and cycle? I never heard of all these 100% water changes with ammonia and the bacteria stuff. It was almost a waste of time. One person at rare reef misses the note to hold until Jan 7th, I got shipping notification today. Lucky I got it at lunch and stopped it before I had to take tomorrow off Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 Harry, It's working! Ammonia down, nitrites and Nitrates up!. 100% Waterchange tomorrow and ammonia dose Link to comment
spectra Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Any new info? Just nuke it and start over...... Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 You know all these water changes and testing is for a bucket of rocks in the garage right? That will go into tank for the new aquascape right? I was home long enough tonight to.shower and leave. But hopefully soon. We'll be.home.again test again 100% water change and retest. Link to comment
spectra Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Well get home and take care of it Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Sorry jack... Spectra here you go. The pre water change test. The ammonia is gone, but nitrites and Nitrates are outta this work. 100% water change and toothbrush treatment. Something cam apart tonight. It was a soft tube. And looked very porous inside. Kind of sponge like. I don't know it's gone now. 2 gallons fresh saltwater preheated, 0.2ml ammonia, and let's get this party started! A little side note, you can see the first vial on the left is the dosed test, ammonia. The next three are fresh saltwater, pre-dosing. They were left to set for about 30 minutes. You can see the ammonia started to get hazy, cloudy, change colors... that why you need to get your reading quickly with ammonia... it will change to the darker side. Not really more green, just muddier Link to comment
righttirefire Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Looking good. 14 hours in and the ammonia is 0, the nitrites are still up and converting to nitrates quickly... so looking promising! Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I came promised a FTS I leave disappointed Link to comment
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