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certainti420 · 04-29-2008, 12:09 PM

Well I must have a really boring thread (No one stopped to say hi yesterday)

Well anyways I am a little confused about my tank's cycle. I thought that during your cycle your ammonia drops first which it did, then your nitrites will drop then your nitrates will drop. So here is the thing, I tested my water today and saw that my ammonia was at 0 (as it should be) my nitrites are still reading around 1-2 ppm but my nitrates have dropped to 0 already. Does this sometimes happen. Should I do a water change? Or am I where I should be?

Let me know thanks everyone

04-29-2008, 12:09 PM	#36 (permalink)
certainti420 Limpet Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fayettehell, NC Posts: 131 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Let's watch my new tank grow Well I must have a really boring thread (No one stopped to say hi yesterday) Well anyways I am a little confused about my tank's cycle. I thought that during your cycle your ammonia drops first which it did, then your nitrites will drop then your nitrates will drop. So here is the thing, I tested my water today and saw that my ammonia was at 0 (as it should be) my nitrites are still reading around 1-2 ppm but my nitrates have dropped to 0 already. Does this sometimes happen. Should I do a water change? Or am I where I should be? Let me know thanks everyone __________________ ~Jon http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tank-grow.html Pictures in thread 36 gal bow-front glass tank Koralia #3 850 gph powerhead 300w heater 25 gal sump/refuge combo Mag-Drive 750 return pump Corallife 33000 protein skimmer 25 lbs of live rock 30 lbs of black Tahitian moon sand 20 lbs of crushed coral and live sand 9w UV sterilizer Current USA sundial T-5, LED lighting system Flame Angelfish (Centropyge loriculus) Yellow Tang - Hawaii (Zebrasoma flavescens) 2 Tomato Clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus) Ricordea Mushroom, Green (Ricordea yuma) Long Tentacle Anemone (Macrodactyla doreensis) Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)