if your nitrites and nitrates are 0 shouldnt the ammonia be zero? I'm not sure, so someone correct me, but when a tank is cycling doesnt the nitrites and ammonia turn to nitrates or somethin' like that?
yes steve that is correct, first you get the spike of ammonia and then the others...if I remember correctly...been a while...but still will check carefully the next few days.....
Ok, tonight was a huge landmark moment for us. Tonight we had the entire system running for over an hour and tweaked the levels so things look really good. I am too worried about it to run overnight because we have not had it long enough setup so tomorrow I will restart it and let it run with glances thoughout the day.
I also got started with the aquascaping. The right side of the tank is done.....I have decided to do a tall mountain type thing in right side corner and gradually comes naturally down to the center of tank...then stops....then there will be open area and on far left side there will be a nice pillar of rocks that stands alone.....I wanted to leave sand space so this will I think look nice and natural. Tried to get some pics of my mess, I mean rocks..hehe.....but it was hard to see them well. Here are a few pics....sorry about the one picture sideways, forgot to flip it before uploading....we are nearing the end of our setup journey......ahhhhhhhh.....will start testing water each day now and hoping that maybe the fish will be transferred as early as next weekend. Want to have the new tank up and running without issue before putting all livestock and such in it...and of course make sure no issues with water.
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