cycle?
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st3
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i have a test kit made by hagen and have used it it once testing ph solinity calcium and something else but i lost the piece of paper that the results were on. what are the main things that i should look out for. all of my fish are still alive after 1 week.(damsels and clowns) i also have feather dusters that are still alive also. is it possible for a tank to cycle in 2 weeks?
deuce_bigalo
Member
st3,
To have a healthy reef tank you need to check
ammonia
nitrites
nitrates
phosphates
ph
kh/alkalinity
calcium
salinity
So far it sounds like you have been lucky that your livestock has survived if you only tested for salinity and calcium!! sometimes your cycle can take alot longer.
To have a healthy reef tank you need to check
ammonia
nitrites
nitrates
phosphates
ph
kh/alkalinity
calcium
salinity
So far it sounds like you have been lucky that your livestock has survived if you only tested for salinity and calcium!! sometimes your cycle can take alot longer.
beginnermatt
Member
Would the kh/alkalinity test be the same a buffer capacity tests, or are they two different things. Thanks.
lordofthereef
Member
i put a manderin in my 29g tank after 2 months!! that was about 2 years ago!! he's still alive and kickin'. 
ebeckels
Active Member
ya but this person has only 30lbs of LR... the mandarin would DEFINITELY starve unless he is eating other foods besides live food. I'd still say wait MANY months if not a full year to add a mandarin...or at least get 100 more lbs of LR if ur tank is a 90 gallon...once you have 130 lbs of LR I'd say then wait a few months and then ur pod population should be pretty high...also, this is just an estimation as to when ur pod population will be high enough...if see tons and tons of pods now then you can add one soon...more likely than not, it will take a long time to see the pods get really high in a new tank.