JT101
Member
OK, this is really going to expose my "newbie" status:
I have an AquaPod 24 that was started with Nutri-SeaWater, 18lbs. of live rock and 204lbs. of live sand on 6/14/07.
My dilemma is, I honestly do not know what a fully "cycled" tank appear to look like through the eyes of the normal chemical tests. I have been checking my chemicals every few days but I don't know what I am looking for.as a jumping off point. I mean, I understand the basics, like I know the ammonia and nitrates should be as low as possible, but exactly what does "cycling" have to do with this? Do certain chemicals rise and fall at a certain predictable rate, then finally settle out?
If so, then can someone help me with the approximate schedule?
I have seen numerous times that six weeks is enough time to cycle a tank, but I won't know what that means when I get there (my tank will be 5 weeks old this Friday).
Thanks
John
I have an AquaPod 24 that was started with Nutri-SeaWater, 18lbs. of live rock and 204lbs. of live sand on 6/14/07.
My dilemma is, I honestly do not know what a fully "cycled" tank appear to look like through the eyes of the normal chemical tests. I have been checking my chemicals every few days but I don't know what I am looking for.as a jumping off point. I mean, I understand the basics, like I know the ammonia and nitrates should be as low as possible, but exactly what does "cycling" have to do with this? Do certain chemicals rise and fall at a certain predictable rate, then finally settle out?
If so, then can someone help me with the approximate schedule?
I have seen numerous times that six weeks is enough time to cycle a tank, but I won't know what that means when I get there (my tank will be 5 weeks old this Friday).
Thanks
John