120 upgrade......
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Sisterlimonpot
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I think that I let mune get up to 1.0 before I removed the shrimp, I only put 2 fish in to start so there was no reason to let it get too high just to have the majority of that bacteria to die off. However for a more robust system the more fish you can add right away (after the ammonia gets down to 0)
rayn
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What the?! I put three shrimp in three days ago and they are still disolving. Tested ammonia tonight along with trite and trate. Ammonia dropped from 1.0 down to .25, trite shows 0 and trate is between 10 adn 20 ppm. What gives? I thought ammonia would still be steady if not going up, trites would just be showing, and trates not there yet. Am I still working on the cycle or did it go really fast?
I ask cause when I did the 55 it took longer before I saw trates.
I ask cause when I did the 55 it took longer before I saw trates.
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
Huh, So the live rock you added was "live"? Nitrites aren't a big deal to salt water inhabitants so, I would do the same thing and once the ammonia drops start stocking. I've had a nitrite test kit that was funky, I would test and get 0 an d then immediately after test again and get an accurate result???? (An API test kit)
Palting
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From the start-up of my two tanks, I've found that keeping an eye on the series of blooms is a good way to confirm the tests. I had an early diatom bloom, quickly replaced by green stuff. Diatom bloom coincided with the ammonia and trites going to almost zero, and the trates started to come down when the green stuff started to replace the brown stuff. That's when I got aggressive with water changes on the first tank.
rayn
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I was going to make my 1000 post something meaning and witty, but I guess ill use it here instead. The algea is new, my rock was clean besides coraline on it when I got it. Seems to be growing slowly too, but I'm not currently running my lights and all the tank get now is indirect sun light, I figure that is the cause.
Sisterlimonpot
Premium Member
ahh, if you had coralline on the rock, more chances then not it was live, and any cycle you witnessed was quick. I'm surprised you saw ammonia get that high.
rayn
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My guess on the ammonia is the three shrimp I left in there. Only 50 pounds of LR, while the rest was all dry base rock. Then new sand that was dry. I figure that the shrimp caused it.
I put some stability in per directions and took the shrimp out. Ammonia 0, trite 0, trate 10-20. Dosed again last night and had trates at 5-10. Also noticed this morning that some of my very clean white rock had turned light brown. Diatoms here I come.
I put some stability in per directions and took the shrimp out. Ammonia 0, trite 0, trate 10-20. Dosed again last night and had trates at 5-10. Also noticed this morning that some of my very clean white rock had turned light brown. Diatoms here I come.
