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  1. orracle

    cycling with crazy numbers on nitrates and nitrites

    Quote: Also, I don't understand why being the first time you use live rock makes it any different, all the live rock does is allow more area for your bacteria to colonize, if anything it speeds up your cycle , and helps keep your water quality stable and much better. The reason i even asked the...
  2. orracle

    cycling with crazy numbers on nitrates and nitrites

    Quote: I really don't believe you had fish only tanks for 10 years and do what you did. Even a freshwater tank takes time to cycle. With 10 years under your belt...what can I say? Then you tell us you wern't even sure if the rock was cured... In response to this I have never had any live rock at...
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    cycling with crazy numbers on nitrates and nitrites

    Thanks for the help
  4. orracle

    cycling with crazy numbers on nitrates and nitrites

    Okay I know I sound like a newb but I have done many fishonly tanks over the past ten years and have never seen this. My ammonia spiked at 2 and then went down to 0 on day 10. I have been testing everyday and have not seen any nitrites and on day 12 have only seen with my test on nitrates it...
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