High nitrites and stalled cycles.

[TYC]

for a 10G tank that's too many hermits and a shrimp. Should be fine w just 1 hermit. CUC usually goes in 1st, then fish.

 

[Troublekitty]

for a 10G tank that's too many hermits and a shrimp. Should be fine w just 1 hermit. CUC usually goes in 1st, then fish.

Yeah I know the CUC goes in first. These are tiny little hermits. I guess they will grow though. What about the Astrea snail. Just 1 then?

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk

 

[TYC]

prob can get away w 2 hermits but FYI - as they grow n need larger shells, hermits may kill snails. Also if there aren't enough food they may also kill snails.

I like Astrea but they r a hassle bc they can't right themselves if they fall over and will die if u dont upright them. So if u dont want to keep an eye on them, would look for other snails. Snails can get 10 but they r usually short lived so will have to replenish as they die.

Here's a comprehensive guide to diff snail types and what they eat. https://joejaworski.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/whats-the-best-snail-for-a-reef-tank/

 

[Troublekitty]

Just as I suspected. Mmuuuwwahahahahahaha!
So redosed at 1805 will update tomorrow at 1805ish

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk

 

[thegrun]

You really need to stop dosing ammonia!!! Ideally dose one time and that is all. Continuing to dose ammonia only serves to drive up your nitrates, the end product of your cycle. Those elevated nitrates will lead to algae issues down the road and require you to make very large water changes to correct the problem.

 

[thegrun]

On a side note the 0.25 ammonia reading you see is a false positive reading that API often shows, your true ammonia level is at zero.

 

[Troublekitty]

You really need to stop dosing ammonia!!! Ideally dose one time and that is all. Continuing to dose ammonia only serves to drive up your nitrates, the end product of your cycle. Those elevated nitrates will lead to algae issues down the road and require you to make very large water changes to correct the problem.

Well in all that I've read about Dr Tim's it basically said once you can cycle NH3 and NO2 in 24 hrs it's good. The diatoms are blooming so that will consume most of the nitrates. Once it fully cycles in 24 hrs I won't dose anymore and let the diatoms take over then die back from a lack of nitrates.

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk

 

[Troublekitty]

So my cycles acting weird. NO2 has come down faster than NH3. I think I might take a break from dosing and just let the diatoms take over. They are spreading like wild fire now too which is great.

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk

 

[Stolireef]

While mcgyver is pretty much never wrong, I don't agree that you have a truly cycled tank using magic in a bottle (which, admittedly I use). Rather, you do jump start the cycle but it's still really delicate at 9 days. Even using Bio-Spira, I waited a month to add my first fish and it was a tiny candy hogfish (which, of course, subsequently decided to go carpet surfing.)

 

[Stolireef]

Good idea to stop dosing. Now, just sit back, and stare at the big box of water for a month. You'll do just fine.

 

[TYC]

While mcgyver is pretty much never wrong, I don't agree that you have a truly cycled tank using magic in a bottle (which, admittedly I use). Rather, you do jump start the cycle but it's still really delicate at 9 days.

agreed...I'm old school and would've went w dead piece of shrimp and waited several weeks if not a month for tank to cycle.

... subsequently decided to go carpet surfing.

:lolspin: That's a good way to put it and exactly what happened to my male clown after more than a year of domestic life... guess he wasn't into arranged marriages.

 

[Troublekitty]

agreed...I'm old school and would've went w dead piece of shrimp and waited several weeks if not a month for tank to cycle.

[emoji38]spin: That's a good way to put it and exactly what happened to my male clown after more than a year of domestic life... guess he wasn't into arranged marriages.

I didn't like the idea of rotten shrimp stinking up my living room. My tank has been cycling since may 6th. I'm gonna let the bloom take over now.

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk

 

[Troublekitty]

So no more dosing. The diatoms now control my tank.

Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk