Newbie trying to cycle tank
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scooter31707
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Water will not do nothing. The water does not contain the needed bacteria. The bacteria in on surfaces like the sand and the rocks. If you have a friend you can get some live rock or couple cups of sand to jump start it.
x2 on above and x3,4,5,6 on ACE hardware ammonia. Youll run around like a goose with no head looking for pure ammonia, just get it from ACE.
Tspors58
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Too much C&$& you add. Forget about adding ammonia and shrimp.
Water add some live rock and walk away.
Keep up your with your evaporation.
On or around May 13 your tank will have cycled and you will need a CUC .
I never tested the algae bloom answers your question if you cycled.
Enjoy the hobby.
Water add some live rock and walk away.
Keep up your with your evaporation.
On or around May 13 your tank will have cycled and you will need a CUC .
I never tested the algae bloom answers your question if you cycled.
Enjoy the hobby.
LX20000
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Get it from ACE. It's 10%.
To get my 33 gallons of water up to 2ppm took 1.25ml of 10% ammonia.
I suspect you have 100 gallons of water, so 3.75 to 4 ml of ACE 10% ammonia will do it for you.
Big question is do you have nitrates? If so, you have been converting ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate, so you are cycling.
Screw the shrimp approach.. use ammonia, dose up to 2ppm, then watch and you know quantitatively exactly what is going on.
To get my 33 gallons of water up to 2ppm took 1.25ml of 10% ammonia.
I suspect you have 100 gallons of water, so 3.75 to 4 ml of ACE 10% ammonia will do it for you.
Big question is do you have nitrates? If so, you have been converting ammonia to nitrite and nitrite to nitrate, so you are cycling.
Screw the shrimp approach.. use ammonia, dose up to 2ppm, then watch and you know quantitatively exactly what is going on.
gone fishin
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https://www.hamzasreef.com/Contents/Calculators/
If you want to use ammonia the link should help you out with the amount.
I will ask the silly question has the shrimp you added rotted away yet??
If you want to use ammonia the link should help you out with the amount.
I will ask the silly question has the shrimp you added rotted away yet??
gone fishin
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I am surprised that you have not seen the shrimp decaying yet. It has been a long time since I used the shrimp method. I have used ammonia with calculator , it is generally pretty close.
Yes. I have never done it but I did read up on it. I read 2ppm over and over. Leave it for a few days and test it.
Once you feel the tank is cycled, test it out by adding ammonia to 2ppm again. It should drop back to zero by the next day. Then its time to start adding
Do a search on Fishless cycle, ammonia cycle or how to cycle with ammonia. One of those should get you great info.
Once you feel the tank is cycled, test it out by adding ammonia to 2ppm again. It should drop back to zero by the next day. Then its time to start adding
Do a search on Fishless cycle, ammonia cycle or how to cycle with ammonia. One of those should get you great info.
LX20000
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I dosed to 2ppm 3 times. By the third time, ammonia was gone in 12 hours, nitrites in 24. I started with live rock, and added some bacteria as well.
Added two clowns, an emerald crab and 3 other snails... no ammonia has shown up for 4 days. So I think I am cycled well enough for this load.
Added two clowns, an emerald crab and 3 other snails... no ammonia has shown up for 4 days. So I think I am cycled well enough for this load.
