How is my tank doing?

[hickoryboy]

Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell where I may be in the cycle process or how my tank is doing. I am settting up a 30 gal long reef tank. The water is crystal clear, and my water parameters are as follows:

PH 8.2
Amonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitarte 0 ppm
Salinity 1.024

Thanks for any help and advice!

 

[maddmaxx]

how long has the tank been cycling??? they are the numbers you want when the tank is established and healthy. if your in the middle of a cycle. then it seems you just took what the best params are supposed to be and posted them. if your cycling you should have a trace of either ammonia or nitrate....if you've been cycling for 4 weeks or longer and these are your actual numbers, then your cycle is complete...

 

[hickoryboy]

Sorry, I am probably in the middle of the cycle (been about 2 weeks) however I did have the Nitrate number wrong it was actually 10 ppm. The numbers have been these since I started the tank, that is why I was wondering. Thanks for the response!

 

[JordanB8810]

How did you seed the aquarium? Ex. live rock, live sand, ect?

 

[Teenreefer15]

well your probably still in the middle. When your params look like the original ones you posted thats when your cycle is done.

 

[hickoryboy]

JordanB8810, I seeded with about 23 lbs of live rock.
nbyron74, thank you was just curious since the numbers have looked the same since I started.

 

[toothybugs]

Drop some surfactant-free ammonia in it and check it quickly - like in 20 or 30 minutes to baseline your values. If not 1-2ppm, get it there, you have a great idea how much to add. Then check all your numbers daily for a week, less if they hit zeroes before. THEN you know your cycle is complete.

 

[hickoryboy]

Thank you Nate, I will get some and do that tomorrow.