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  1. mikewv100

    Flushing question (again sorry)

    I have a 125 tank that has been drilled and has 2 overflows on the rear 2 corners. I have a durso standpipe in each corner with 1" bulkheads on each side with flex hose running to the sump. Both of the hoses drop through a bulkhead in the top of the sump and water dropsn through filter socks...
  2. mikewv100

    cycling question

    Thank you. I was wondering how my nitrates can be so high while nitrites are still so high. Also can this hurt my rock any more than shipping did?
  3. mikewv100

    cycling question

    I started 125 fowlr aquarium with 100 pounds of live rock that shipped for 2 days. After a week ammonia is zero but nitrites are over 10 ppm and and nitrates are over 100. I changed 35 gallons of water today and the numbers are the same. my water that is going in has no measurable nitrites or...
  4. mikewv100

    Live Rock aquarium cycling

    30% enough for starters?
  5. mikewv100

    Live Rock aquarium cycling

    ammonia over 8 ppm nitrite over 10 nitrate about 160
  6. mikewv100

    Live Rock aquarium cycling

    I have a 125 that I am cycling with 100 pounds of live rock. The rock was shipped to me on Thursday from Florida to WV and I received Saturday afternoon. I cleaned with squirt bottle and rinsed before putting in my empty tank,empty except for 1.025 saltwater of course. It is Tuesday now and...
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