Hello I like to introduce mysellf

[mpmaurice]

Update:

18 jan: seawater (straight from the sea) is in the tank.
19 jan: seawater temp. is 25.5 degrees Celsius, density is 1023, i put in the raw shrimp.
20 jan: seawater temp. is 25.5 degrees Celsius, density is 1023, i measured 0.5 mg/l ammonium.
22 jan: seawater temp. is 25.5 degrees Celsius, density is 1023, i measured 1.0 mg/l ammonium, 0.5 mg/l Nitrite and 10 mg/l Nitrate.

No sand in the tank, pumps and skimmer are running, UV light is off and normal T5 light is off.

 

[mpmaurice]

First live (algae) is showing up

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[mpmaurice]

Today added some liferock fresh from Indonesia it was advised by a good friend of mine who works as a biologist.

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[mpmaurice]

Does anyone know what this is? It came on my live rock.. one is brown the other is black i think the black one is dead.

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[mpmaurice]

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[mpmaurice]

Nobody?

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[eQuatics]

I don't think it's anything to worry about. However I can definitely understand that you'd like to simply know what's on your rock haha. Where are they from, region wise?

 

[mpmaurice]

They arrived from the airport when i was in the shop, the seller said they come from Indonesia. Is it some kind of leather coral?

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[mpmaurice]

Stones are transforming different colors appear

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[meknudson2]

Your tank is looking really nice, it seems like it is progressing nicely in its cycle.

 

[mpmaurice]

Thank you for the complement, its verry cool to see those changing colors on the rocks

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[mpmaurice]

Algea is coming and is growing fast....

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[mpmaurice]

Can someone advice me... today I moved the turbo to my nano because water chemistry shows the following. NO3 is verry high 50 mg/l and NO2 is 5 mg/l. Is this normal during startup period?

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[nanoreefing4fun]

How often are you doing water changes & in what %?

Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change.

 

[mpmaurice]

Since startup i did no water changes because i'm in the curing fase.

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[nanoreefing4fun]

If your still cycling...

Watch for the ammonia to soar then fall to zero, then the nitrites soar & then fall to zero, then the nitrates soar, once this happens, do water changes to get rid of the nitrates - tank cycled

Depending on the state of your LR (how cured it was & how much die off it had), in general it will look something like this...

 

[mpmaurice]

Thank you for the explanation. Ammonia is zero right now. Nitrite is between 2 and 5 mg/l and nitrate is around 50 mg/l. If I understand correctly i have to wait until Nitrites drop to zero and then do a water change?

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[nanoreefing4fun]

Yes

though some do water changes through out the cycle with all Live Rock... imo, it won't slow your cycle or hurt

but don't add anything alive until the ammonia & nitrites are zero - wc will take care of the nitrates

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

a good read from Dr. Mac one of RS sponsors
http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.com/curing_rock.asp

 

[mpmaurice]

Thank you for the useful information and link.

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