Cycling 29g Biocube Week 3

[ScoobaSteveCT]

Its been about 15 years since I ran a marine tank and decided to give it another go. Here are my tank stats and a question.

Coralife 29g Bio Cube
20lbs live sand
26lbs dry rock
7 lbs live rock

Temp: 79F

PH: 8.2

Salinity 0.026

Filter media is carbon only with the "In Tank" channel system.

1 - Hydor Power head

Timer on lighting.

Week 1: Added one dead shrimp and began using microbacter (1cap per day)

Week 2: Ammonia spike - 8.0ppm (removed dead shrimp midweek)
Nitrite 5.0ppm Nitrate 20ppm

Week 3: Day 21: Ammonia 0, Nitrite 5.0ppm, Nitrate 40ppm

Visual difference because there is a thin layer of brown algea on the sand bed, rocks and some spotting on glass. The water is clear.

Wondering if I should boost the Ammonia of wait/do nothing until the nitrite come down.

What I have gathered is that the Nitrate will eventually drop and that I should do a big water change and add my cleanup crew.



Thanks in advance

 

[Rakie]

I would wait until your Nitrite is completely clear, then feed the tank or put in a little Ammonia Chloride and see if your tank can process the Ammonia in 24-48 hours.

 

[killagoby]

Is that just a typo on the salinity number?

 

[ScoobaSteveCT]

I would wait until your Nitrite is completely clear, then feed the tank or put in a little Ammonia Chloride and see if your tank can process the Ammonia in 24-48 hours.

Will do! Thanks for the tip.

 

[ScoobaSteveCT]

Is that just a typo on the salinity number?

Yes. Good call. 1.026 Using a Hydrometer from Oceanic but upgrading to Refractometer very soon.

 

[bonjorno2]

Looking about done, what are you going to stock it with?