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03-27-2006, 10:19 PM
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| Tubeworm | My first test readings Im still cycling my tank i guess. I have had water and pumps running for 6 weeks, just put 12lbs of live rock,15 hermit crabs in last week and just last night i added 4 damsels. I just took my first test and the readings are: Salinity: 1.021 pH: 8.4 Ammonia: .25 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 20 just wanted to know how will I know when tank has cycled? My tank: 55gal Empior 400, Fluval 304, SeaClone Skimmer, (2) AquaClear 70, AquaClear 50 and 15lbs of live rock (still plan on adding about 40lbs more) Thanks again |
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03-27-2006, 11:35 PM
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| Smilie Bartender   | Re: My first test readings What kind of kit are you using? The fact that you're reading nitrate leads me to believe the tank has cycled, but since it's young, 4 new fish (and probably some food, right?  ) is enough to cause an ammonia spike. Remember... stock slooooowly. 
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03-28-2006, 07:32 AM
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;)  | Re: My first test readings I would get a second opinion on the ammonia reading. You should slowly raise the salinity up to 1.026 .... Make sure you keep the trAtes less than 10 ppm.
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03-28-2006, 07:34 AM
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) | Re: My first test readings Wait.... you just added the live rock and fish... I would wait a few more weeks to be sure the tank is cycled completely...
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