COMMANDO
New Member
Hi All
My tank is on day 4 of cycling and I am using the RS Reef Mature Kit, as well as the RS Marine Care Test Kit. I have been following the instruction and yesterday (Day 3) my parameters were as follows:
Temp 26.2'C
Salinity 1.025
PH 8.2
Kh 8.5
Ammonia around 0.6-0.8
Nitrite 0.1
Nitrate 10
Here is my query: I decided to use two thirds 'man-made', eco-friendly dry base rock, and one third Caribsea dry base rock instead of wet live rock. This was also recommended to me by my LFS and is popular with their clients. They also use same in their display tanks. I also used 20kg of Red Sea live sand (pink) in the display in lieu of not using wet live rock.
The parameters for where I am in the cycle do not seem too far off from what is stated in the kit, but I have yet to see any sign of algae in the tank (which according to the kit should be starting today or tomorrow). I am not sure then whether I should be adding the CUC next week Monday (as per Day 10 instructions) if there has not been a lot of algae growth by then. I assume that the lack of live rock and the use of dry rock has slowed the cycle as per the kit.
I would really appreciate your input on this.
Thanks, Lando.
My tank is on day 4 of cycling and I am using the RS Reef Mature Kit, as well as the RS Marine Care Test Kit. I have been following the instruction and yesterday (Day 3) my parameters were as follows:
Temp 26.2'C
Salinity 1.025
PH 8.2
Kh 8.5
Ammonia around 0.6-0.8
Nitrite 0.1
Nitrate 10
Here is my query: I decided to use two thirds 'man-made', eco-friendly dry base rock, and one third Caribsea dry base rock instead of wet live rock. This was also recommended to me by my LFS and is popular with their clients. They also use same in their display tanks. I also used 20kg of Red Sea live sand (pink) in the display in lieu of not using wet live rock.
The parameters for where I am in the cycle do not seem too far off from what is stated in the kit, but I have yet to see any sign of algae in the tank (which according to the kit should be starting today or tomorrow). I am not sure then whether I should be adding the CUC next week Monday (as per Day 10 instructions) if there has not been a lot of algae growth by then. I assume that the lack of live rock and the use of dry rock has slowed the cycle as per the kit.
I would really appreciate your input on this.
Thanks, Lando.