Am I Close???

racer1113

racer1113

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ok so i just bought a testing kit from my lfs and did the tests...
ph is 8.0
ammon is 0
nitrates is 10
trites is 1.0
is this close... all i have in there right now is 70 pounds of sand and like 25 pounds of baserock... i am getting live rock here in about a week.
how do these paras look to u guys
 
racer1113

racer1113

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i put a peice of raw shrimp that my family was cooking that nite... i let it sit there for like 3 or 4 days... wsa that a bad thing
 
m0nk

m0nk

Active Member
Originally Posted by racer1113
i put a peice of raw shrimp that my family was cooking that nite... i let it sit there for like 3 or 4 days... wsa that a bad thing
Nope, that's a good way to go, just wanted to be sure you were getting these readings accurately and that the tank really is cycling. Now, you'll likely have another full, or just minor, cycle because of die-off from your live rock when you add it, so you might not want to add any livestock yet and let you live rock in there for a few days while doing some testing. If you don't see a spike in ammonia or nitrite in 3 or 4 days then you'll be ok to add livestock. If they do spike, just keep an eye on the levels, and if the ammonia goes up over .5 you should do a 20-30% water change just so you don't loose too much from the live rock. Then just keep testing until you get back to 0 ammonia and nitrite and you're nitrate is back to where it is now.
 
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