Recent content by cburns32

Well I currently have in the tank 9 Cerith snails, 4 Margarita snails, a peppermint shrimp, and a cleaner shrimp...They all seem to be doing fine after 5 days in the tank...I'll test the water today, and do a 25-30% water change...and post the results asap

Day 26 results: pH - 8.2-8.3ish Ammonia - 0ppm Nitrite - 0ppm Nitrate - 15ppm S.G. - 1.025 Sal. - 40 Temp. - 81 F I think I'll go get some cleaners tonight, maybe just a few snails, a hermit or two, and possibly one shrimp, what do you all think?

Aight, well I'm gonna go test the water right now, and possibly do a water change, I'll post the results and everything else on here ASAP

Day 20 Test Results pH - 8.2-8.3ish Ammonia - 0 ppm Nitrite - 5.0+ ppm Nitrate - 160+ ppm Specific Gravity - 1.024-1.025ish Salinity - 34-35ish Temperature - 81 F Is this normal for the nitrites and nitrates to be this high at this stage in the cycle?

Aight, I'll prolly test again today or tomarrow so I'll post the results ASAP

Yeah I get it, it has been about two and a half weeks since I started the cycle, I have loads of algae everywhere on the glass, sand and rocks, I'm going to test today, and then possibly do a water change and go get some inverts at the local LFS, any suggestions on cleaners, or is to early?

Yeah, I know for sure its not 226 gph coming out nor is it 4 pgh coming out I'm guessing somewhere around 160-180, I'll try the filling up the cup thing though to.

Confusing...But I'll look into getting a big pump, but it sure does seem like more than 4 GPH is coming out.

Aight, but how do I keep that salinity down? It's seems super high.

Day 8 Test Results pH - 8.2 Ammonia - 3.0 ppm Nitrite - +5.0 ppm Nitrate - +160 ppm Specific Gravity - 1.032 Salinity - 42 Temperature - 80.2 degrees F The reason the specific gravity is so high as well as the salinity, is because I haven't done a freshwater top-off yet, that'll...

Aight well it just seems like so little, so I was wondering what may be causing that, maybe it's because I have 2 sponges in chamber 1, should I maybe take 1 out?

Aight, I have a bag of activated carbon should I just replace that with the chemi-pure, to have better test results...?

Yeah, that's what I'll prolly end up doing...Any other suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated.

What about a vacuum/syphon, what kind should I get or should I wait until after the cycle for that too?

Aight, I gotta get a vacuum/syphon sometime in the future, espcially because I want to be vacuuming my sandbed soon. And I think after the cycle I'll remove the LR. What about water changes, I heard no, because it may remove necessary bacteria for the cycling process, so I heard until the...