Curing rock thats already cured??
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hot883
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Regardless if it was cured or uncured and you had it shipped THERE WILL be a noticeable amount of ammonia. Maybe your tests kit is bad. Take a sample of that water to a LFS and have them check it or have another reefer check it with their kit. IMO you should have seen a nice big spike. Barry
shogun323
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Originally Posted by blizz75
I ordered some "uncured" rock off th internet and have been cycling it for about 2 weeks, i have checked the levels and the water is at o ammonia, and less < 5 nitrates,... is this rock already cured?? i have seen no rise in ammonia ever and i am confused, thanks for the help,..
I would try ghost feeding it to see if you get an ammonia spike. Basically feed small amounts of food as you would if you had fish.
I ordered some "uncured" rock off th internet and have been cycling it for about 2 weeks, i have checked the levels and the water is at o ammonia, and less < 5 nitrates,... is this rock already cured?? i have seen no rise in ammonia ever and i am confused, thanks for the help,..
I would try ghost feeding it to see if you get an ammonia spike. Basically feed small amounts of food as you would if you had fish.
hatessushi
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Sometimes the tank can cycle and you miss the ammonia spike. If the nitrates continue to rise then it's cycled. Are you testing for nitrites also?
azfishgal
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Originally Posted by blizz75
I ordered some "uncured" rock off th internet and have been cycling it for about 2 weeks, i have checked the levels and the water is at o ammonia, and less < 5 nitrates,... is this rock already cured?? i have seen no rise in ammonia ever and i am confused, thanks for the help,..
Did you only test this one time, after two weeks? You might have missed it, because you should have seen a spike. Pick up the rock and give it a good sniff, is the smell bad or good? Do you have a skimmer? My skimmer pulled a LOT of junk out while my lr was curring, and then when it was done curring the skimmer showed hardly anything.
I ordered some "uncured" rock off th internet and have been cycling it for about 2 weeks, i have checked the levels and the water is at o ammonia, and less < 5 nitrates,... is this rock already cured?? i have seen no rise in ammonia ever and i am confused, thanks for the help,..
Did you only test this one time, after two weeks? You might have missed it, because you should have seen a spike. Pick up the rock and give it a good sniff, is the smell bad or good? Do you have a skimmer? My skimmer pulled a LOT of junk out while my lr was curring, and then when it was done curring the skimmer showed hardly anything.
