graftobny142 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 More results! Ammonia down to 1 or .5 ppm? Should I wait till the Nitrite drops to redose Ammonia? 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranjib Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I'll favor redosing ammonia.. it looks like you are going past the nitrate phase now.. a smaller nitrogen cycle perhaps.. theres no harm in doing a rigorous nitrogen cycle.. at the end, you have to check if its stabilized or not by adding tiny amount of foods, and checking that this does not spike ammonia (after the probably a week after ammona dosing is stopped) or till algae/diano bloom kicks in. I have never tried with ammonia (I use just LR/LS + some flake foods), but I spend lot longer in the nitrogen cycle. Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Ammonia almost down to 0, Nitrites starting to drop and Nitrates are going up! I think we are almost through this. 1 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Who knew colored water in test tubes could be so exciting, right?? 1 Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 On 3/17/2017 at 5:33 PM, Weetabix7 said: Who knew colored water in test tubes could be so exciting, right?? Im a Chemistry nerd so I love this kind of stuff! Nitrates are up! 4 Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Ammonia still down, nitrites going down and Nitrates are 100+ppm Found a store with a clean, organized invertebrate section. And they are in a fishless system. Which is great as I do not have a quarantine setup yet. 1 Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 How does this look for pH? I;m bad with reds/purples Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 It looks good to me, like an 8.0 or 8.1. Quote Link to comment
Ranjib Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 yes, around 8.1 -> 8.2 Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Progress!I put a couple flakes of food in yesterday, now my nitrites are 0 or close to it. Should I do a water change and then stock CUC? 1 Quote Link to comment
xAyanex Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I would wait until ammonia and nitrites are completely zero. Then do a large enough water change to get your nitrate down to a safe level. Then, it would be safe to add a CUC in terms of these water parameters, but don't forget a CUC needs food, so if you don't have anything really (algae, etc.) don't add a huge CUC. 1 Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, xAyanex said: I would wait until ammonia and nitrites are completely zero. Then do a large enough water change to get your nitrate down to a safe level. Then, it would be safe to add a CUC in terms of these water parameters, but don't forget a CUC needs food, so if you don't have anything really (algae, etc.) don't add a huge CUC. No signs of Algae at all yet. I'm surprised! Quote Link to comment
xAyanex Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 29 minutes ago, themummra said: No signs of Algae at all yet. I'm surprised! Don't be surprised. My tank was wet 4/27, Cycled in like 3 weeks, and I don't think I saw algae until late June, almost 2 months after my tank was set up. And even then it was just a diatom bloom. Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share Posted March 22, 2017 Ammonia from the flakes I added is coming down, nitrites about 0. I want to get a CUC soon but I still have no algae. If I get just 1 hermit and 5 snails will they have enough to eat without any visible algae. 1 Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share Posted March 22, 2017 Also updated the aquascape Front, with that back rock piece for a little island of zoa/greenstar/something Side. My tank is in a corner with only the front and right visible . So I've set it up to have the front show off one side of the reef, and the right show the other. Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share Posted March 22, 2017 Come on Ammonia.... Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Ammonia looks good to me. 1 Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Would it be ok for me to get 2 hermits and a small coral if my media basket wont be installed until sometime tomorrow or Saturday? I just have a Biocube Filter w/ carbon in it currently. Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 9 hours ago, themummra said: Would it be ok for me to get 2 hermits and a small coral if my media basket wont be installed until sometime tomorrow or Saturday? I just have a Biocube Filter w/ carbon in it currently. I would suggest doing a WC to bring nitrate down and then you could do some kind of CUC and Soft Coral. Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 We have lift off. Bought a Scarlet and pair of Blue Leg Hermit crabs along with a Frogspawn frag. The LFS added a handful of shells for the crabs to use and there just happened to be another Scarlet crab! As well as a caribbean cerith snail. After Bayer Dip and introduction to Tank 30m Later 1 Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 One of the Scarlett hermits I got is not moving much and won't take live food, the other 2 blue leg and 1 Scarlett are active during the day and take food directly (raw scallop) Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Off to a good start!! Just keep an eye on the sluggish Scarlett, which I'm sure you're doing anyway. Quote Link to comment
gone_PHiSHin Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 you said you live near Denver? what fish store are you going to? Quote Link to comment
graftobny142 Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 1 hour ago, gone_PHiSHin said: you said you live near Denver? what fish store are you going to? I went to Elite Reef to get the cuc as they had a clean, invertebrate only system. The coral frag came from there as well. The closer store to me is Aqua Imports though. Hermit crab died but at least he was free. The other one is alive and happily eating. Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 I lived in Aurora when I started Reefing in 1993. I'm sure the store that got me hooked is likely gone now. It was in Denver on Colfax Ave, don't remember the name. Quote Link to comment
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