Newbie cycling new AP24 - Page 2

SaltLife · 11-29-2007, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lcstorc

You can't have a cycle without first having an amonia source. Put the shrimp in and let it rot for a couple of days. Then you can watch the amonia and nitrite rise and fall. When both are at 0 check your nitrates and do water changes to bring them down.
I know you are anxious to get started and I would be as well. Patience is the key ingredient in any reef. Take your time now and get a good solid base of good bacteria and you will save yourself a lot of headachs.

i hear u on that...i think the small amount of CUC i put in there trigger the ammonia...everything is green now...ive been cleaning the green off the glass, and am wondering now if i should be blowing the green off of the LR and sucking it off the sand? or do i just wait till it goes away?

thinking about buying more snails to clean tank...ive got 4 in there now...2 big astrea snails? the other 2 sift through the sand....they r always buried...also have a blood shrimp in there, and 8 blue legged hermits

cycling 2 weeks/4 days now...

reefman420 · 11-29-2007, 08:15 PM

i wouldnt add anything untill their is o ammonia and ure nitrates reech 10 ppm,then do waterchanges to bring them down.the algae will come back.its a part of the cycle.its fine to clean it off the glass but it wouldnt help much to touch the rocks

SaltLife · 11-29-2007, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by reefman420

i wouldnt add anything untill their is o ammonia and ure nitrates reech 10 ppm,then do waterchanges to bring them down.the algae will come back.its a part of the cycle.its fine to clean it off the glass but it wouldnt help much to touch the rocks

thanks for the info...will do water change tomorrow then...nitrates seem to be almost at 0....my testing kit is very vague....uses color matching, which sucks really

reefman420 · 11-29-2007, 09:11 PM

get salifert

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reefman420 Elegance coral Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: minneapolis Posts: 1,085 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Newbie cycling new AP24 get salifert __________________ 155 oceanic bow front,20 long refuge packed with caluerpa and mangroves,40 gallon sump,175lbs LR,3x250 watt xm 10ks,aqua-c remora,and pro-clear 150 skimmers sailfin tang,kole tang,royal gramma,cinnimon clown,2xpink skunk clowns,six line wrasse,mandarin, 155 bow coral-orange montipora cap,superman monti cap,scripps green polyped staghorn,ORA pink poccilipora,ORA blue millipora,green slimer,yellow UK acro,pink birdsnest,armor of god zoas,various zoas and shrooms,hammer,frogspawn,clove polyps,favite,fancey toadstool,reg toadstool,yellow leather,purple leather,devils hand,2 types xenia,ricordea florida,ricordea yuma,kenya tree,galaxia,bubble coral,button polyps inverts are lots of snails and hermits,crocea clam,maxima clam and seabae anemone,rbta

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