Adding Live Rock.

[jreefa]

I JUST ADDED 22 POUNDS OF LR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CURED TO MY EXISTING 85P.MY 75G TANK HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR TWO 1/2 WEEKS AND MY LEVELS WERE AT ZER0 EXCEPT FOR A .20 OF NITRATE.I CHECKED MY WATER ABOUT 4HRS LATER AND MY AMMONIA WAS .5 AND MY NITRATES CLIMBED TO .1 FROM ZERO.SHOULD I TAKE THIS ROCK OUT AND CURE IT?OR SHOULD I LEAVE IT AND WAIT FOR MY LEVELS TO DROP.SINCE MY TANK WAS NEARING THE END OF ITS CYCLE BEFORE I ADDED THE NEWLR SHOULD I RUN THE SKIMMER?
THANKS IN ADVANCE.

 

[tizzo]

Did you buy it from an on line vendor?? Did it arrive in the mail or did you bring it home from the LFS??

 

[jreefa]

I HAND PICKED THE FIJI LR FROM MY LFS.ITS FUNNY BECAUSE SINCE THE TANK WAS SETUP MY AMMONIA HAS NEVER BEEN THIS HIGH.

 

[bigarn]

Well it sounds like the new LR may be causeing a cycle. If there's no livestock in there, just let it happen.