Milky Way Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 ammonia went down to 1ppm nitrite went up to 1 ppm Link to comment
Hirsh Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Yep, your right on track for a cycled tank. Test the nitrates and see if they are increasing too. I know its hard, but just let it do its thing. You'll be surprised at how quickly it cycles out once it starts the process. Ive literally seen Nitrite and Ammonia goto zero after a day when they were high the previous day. Nature is an awesome force and should not be tampered with.......Unless you are prepared to battle it. I would be in a few days you can do a water change and start adding the CUC. Im in the middle of cycling some stuff too. Link to comment
yungKitten Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 1 minute ago, Hirsh said: Nature is an awesome force and should not be tampered with.......Unless you are prepared to battle it. Literally laughed aloud. Link to comment
Milky Way Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 ammonia is 0,50 today nitrates went up 5ppm so exited.............. what corals can i get later on for a new established tank??? Link to comment
reef-luva Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, Milky Way said: ammonia is 0,50 today nitrates went up 5ppm so exited.............. what corals can i get later on for a new established tank??? Zoa's are nice and/or mushrooms....I love xenia, but there will be people here that don't, green star polyps are easy...but there is plenty of info on livestock sites about water parameters and such, just read, read, read and compare what you have read to what your LFS says...meaning intermediate, medium or advanced corals...soon, the fun starts.... ;-) Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Milky Way said: ammonia is 0,50 today nitrates went up 5ppm so exited.............. what corals can i get later on for a new established tank??? Hooray!! GSP and Mushrooms/Ricordea are great starter corals. I'm one of those who actually like Xenia, that's a good starter one too. Link to comment
Milky Way Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Guuuuuuuyyysssssss!!!! Ammonia , nitrite and nitrate are 0!!!!!!!! Gonna do my first 25% water change this evening !!! Link to comment
holy carp Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Nitrate is also 0? That's surprising. I actually have some pukani rocks curing in a bucket for at least 3 months now, and I still test high nitrItes (0 ammonia and very high nitrAtes). I don't know if I should blame the MB7 that I add twice a week or the NeoMarine salt mix (since it's taken so long, I have done 2 water changes with NeoMarine when the nitrites went clear off the scale in seconds as opposed to the 5 minutes API indicates). Either way, I blame Brightwell... Last night I did a water change with Tropic Marin salt. We'll see what happens. Is there any chance that rocks can be bad? I bought these rocks when I started my tank 2 years ago, and they've been in a closed plastic bag in a box ever since. When I cycled other rocks from the same shipment for my first tank, I used IO Reef Crystals and Seachem Stability. At that time, the cycle took about a month until all ammonia and nitrites were 0. (Maybe less, I was being patient - a.k.a. lazy - and didn't bother testing between the first week and the end of a month) So it seems the difference would be either the salt or bacterial additive... Anyone have ideas? Link to comment
Hirsh Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Probably just a ton of die off cycling off. Been doing same thing with some rock and am surprised it's not done cycling. 5 hours ago, Milky Way said: Guuuuuuuyyysssssss!!!! Ammonia , nitrite and nitrate are 0!!!!!!!! Gonna do my first 25% water change this evening !!! Let the stocking begin! Congrats and go slow. Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 6 hours ago, Milky Way said: Guuuuuuuyyysssssss!!!! Ammonia , nitrite and nitrate are 0!!!!!!!! Gonna do my first 25% water change this evening !!! Hooraaaay!!!! I was actually wondering about you and your cycling just this morning. Link to comment
Milky Way Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 8 hours ago, holy carp said: Nitrate is also 0? That's surprising. I actually have some pukani rocks curing in a bucket for at least 3 months now, and I still test high nitrItes (0 ammonia and very high nitrAtes). I don't know if I should blame the MB7 that I add twice a week or the NeoMarine salt mix (since it's taken so long, I have done 2 water changes with NeoMarine when the nitrites went clear off the scale in seconds as opposed to the 5 minutes API indicates). Either way, I blame Brightwell... Last night I did a water change with Tropic Marin salt. We'll see what happens. Is there any chance that rocks can be bad? I bought these rocks when I started my tank 2 years ago, and they've been in a closed plastic bag in a box ever since. When I cycled other rocks from the same shipment for my first tank, I used IO Reef Crystals and Seachem Stability. At that time, the cycle took about a month until all ammonia and nitrites were 0. (Maybe less, I was being patient - a.k.a. lazy - and didn't bother testing between the first week and the end of a month) So it seems the difference would be either the salt or bacterial additive... Anyone have ideas? idk...................i've purchased my live rocks in LFS with is 5 minutes away from my house. I've placed it in my tank as son as i got home so the good bacteria wouldn't die. i think the live sand which i purchased from Amazon made a huuuuuuge difference. It came in wet with water in the bag. They claimed that it's fully cycled and has millions of nitrifying bacteria, so i think the sand made a big difference, but not sure Link to comment
Milky Way Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Good evening my fiends!!!! Ive just done my first water change and found smthiing weird on my rocks. Who knows what is this??? Picture # 1??? i have a lots of those all over the rocks???? 2 minutes ago, Milky Way said: Good evening my fiends!!!! Ive just done my first water change and found smthiing weird on my rocks. Who knows what is this??? Picture # 1??? i have a lots of those all over the rocks???? looks like someth. wants to grow out of that round thing Link to comment
reef-luva Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 100% positive that pic #1 are alien pods, hatching their young under the sea away from our eyes, I would monitor those closely and #2 may be the antenna they use to communicate to their home planet....maybe.... Link to comment
Milky Way Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 21 minutes ago, reef-luva said: 100% positive that pic #1 are alien pods, hatching their young under the sea away from our eyes, I would monitor those closely and #2 may be the antenna they use to communicate to their home planet....maybe.... ahahahahahah I'm afraid that pic #1 could be aiptasia Link to comment
Simulated Fish Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Milky Way said: ahahahahahah I'm afraid that pic #1 could be aiptasia Nah it's not do worries, is it soft? Looks more like a barnacle too me Link to comment
Milky Way Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 my new babies Turned the powerhead off, it was too strong Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Looks really great, beautiful fish, beautiful rock!! Link to comment
holy carp Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Yeah, cute misbars. Are those little snails reef safe? They are comical. Link to comment
RotaryReef Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 17 minutes ago, holy carp said: Yeah, cute misbars. Are those little snails reef safe? They are comical. Bumble Bee Snails... They are reef safe but if there isn't enough food for them they can eat other snails. Link to comment
Mariaface Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 hour ago, NanoSteve said: Bumble Bee Snails... They are reef safe but if there isn't enough food for them they can eat other snails. I thought bumblebee snails ate microfauna just like sifting stars did? I suppose they're still reef safe, but in a small tank they may do a number on smaller tank life Link to comment
yungKitten Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I assure you the powerhead is not too strong. Link to comment
holy carp Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Wait, are they eating the other snail in that photo? Link to comment
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