vito is hooked
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Dr Tim's new tank 125 75gal sump Carib sand no filter socks off skimmer 125 drops of Dr Tim's ammonia and still .08 ammonia been 3 days followed directions can't figure out why
High ammonia
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It can take more than 3 days for the nitrifying bacteria to settle inside your rocks, sand, etc.
Oldreeferman
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Yep, its 4 drops per gallon just used some, I just acclimated a new rock arch i made from several smaller pcs. and just placed it in my DT yesterday. From start it was ammonia daily 16 drops in 4 gallons in a bucket with a heater & a pump, and tested daily for ammonia lvls before adding more until lvls began dropping, it took 3 weeks to finally consume all the ammonia daily & also show no nitrites only nitrates. I had the temp high at 85 also to speed things up as well as adding additional bacteria to the bucket and a couple small pcs. of LR from my DT also. I added an extra week with additional testing & water changes to be certain all cycling was over as i was removing some LR & replacing with new dry rock that is at least bacteria cycling so i didn't have any ammonia or nitrite issues. Takes about 3-4 weeks TBH usually.
