Still waiting on the DT to finish cycling. Nitrites somewhere around .5-1ppm. Nitrates around 40 with API test. My salifert N03 test kit is coming Monday. Not impressed with the Reef Mature program for cycling with dry rock. I know in the program they say it's designed for live rock, I didn't realize that when I ordered. I bought two kits and dosed as directed for 10 days and had no ammonia, no nitrites and no spike at all. I tested daily. Got fed up and dosed up to 1 ppm with 10% ammonium chloride. I added some API quick start which I used before with success, and also used in my recent QT, and next morning I had nitrites brewing.
Got my Midas Blenny from DD and he is doing great. Arrived scared and hid for the first day. After the second feeding he has warmed up and now swims a great deal of the time. Still hides when I get really close to the tank.
My skimmer is finally getting tuned in and producing some foul smelling lighter colored skimmate. I assume that's the N0P0x working overtime. I'm impressed with the skimmer so far. Pretty quiet and really moves some water
Got my Midas Blenny from DD and he is doing great. Arrived scared and hid for the first day. After the second feeding he has warmed up and now swims a great deal of the time. Still hides when I get really close to the tank.
My skimmer is finally getting tuned in and producing some foul smelling lighter colored skimmate. I assume that's the N0P0x working overtime. I'm impressed with the skimmer so far. Pretty quiet and really moves some water
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