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Thanks for your response! I think I'll do another water change and then head out to the LFS next weekend with some water for them to test. I'm using the Red Sea tests and zero is yellow, .25 is a light green so maybe I'm reading it wrong. I really would like to be wrong!

Been cycling for 6 weeks now 125 gallon w/30 gallon sump, 125 lbs LR, LS. Had a spike in Ammonia after 2 days, Nitrites went up, Nitrates went up. At about day 10 the #s looked like this: SG 1.023 pH 8.6 Alk Normal Amm .25 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 5-10 And nothing has changed since. So I decide to...

"Big Eyed Fish" is a Dave Matthews Band song. I had to drop the "d" in Eyed or my name would've been bigeyedfis (too many letters). I looooove DMB!

Thanks everyone for your responses. I'm not sure if I have any more confidence in the LFS than I do myself, so I better just sit tight for now.

I have a 125 g with LR and LS that has been cycling for 3 weeks now. Within 3 days of set up the ammonia spiked at 2.5. 1 week in the ammonia dropped to .25. My current readings are: temp 75 F SG 1.024 Alk Normal Ammonia .25 Nitrite .05 Nitrate 10 I've tested just about every day and these #s...