cycle 3 weeks in to it

fishcake

fishcake

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55 gallon with live sand and 10 lbs of live rock will add more later
ph 8.3
nitrite 0.0 ppm
ammonia0.25 ppm
nitrate 2.5
any guesses on how much longer i have to wait?
 
fishcake

fishcake

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i had lfs check water last week and he said everything was 0 i checked today and there a little higher as stated above
 
greatfullreefer

greatfullreefer

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Hmmm seems that you did not see a spike, i am now assuming that your live rock was cured. just a suggestion but try dumping a raw coctail shrimp into the tank, by putting it in it will decay and cause ammonia in turn causing your beneficial bacteria to reproduce. You will notice your levels rising then leveling off, then in turn will start to come down. Once they hit 0 you are good to go. This is just my opinion and are welcome to take whomevers advice you choose.
Welcome and Good Luck
 
fishcake

fishcake

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you are correct in your assumption. I got the rock fresh out of a tank that was curing the rock for some time. I will try the shrimp and see what happens, thanks.
 
coxy101

coxy101

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My water parameters are almost the same and I'm almost 3 weeks into the cycle --- got 25 lbs of LR from SWF and had a sandbed (seeded with LS) going for a week prior to the LR coming in the mail. I have a 45 gallon tank. I can't tell if the ammonia spiked because my salifert test kits didn't come in the mail until this week. How will I know when I'm ready?
 
fishcake

fishcake

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well i'm going to do a 20% water change using ro water. I will then check water parameters and then cross fingers and add one fish. It should be ok my inverts are.
 
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