First water test

[ilyakarp]

Put water in yesterday. Ran some tests today.

Salt-1.025, PH-7.8(too low?), Nitrate-0, Nitrite-0. What do you think? One day.

 

[lmforbis]

it takes about 6 weeks to finish cycling, yours hasn’t started. What else is in the tank. Do you have a source of ammonia, decaying food, dead shrimp, etc. during the cycle your ammon will go up, followed by nitrite then nitrate. they first need to go up then fall back to zero Before the cycle is done.
don’t worry about pH.

 

[ilyakarp]

Yesterday I dropped piece of scallop in a tank. Added Dr. Tim's. Dry sand, Live and dead rock half and half

 

[lmforbis]

Give it a couple weeks then test again.

 

[jay0705]

I agree. You don't mention tank size. The bigger the tank the longer it may take to register anything. However it will spike and it will cycle. Just be patient

 

[ilyakarp]

112 gallons. Checked today everything is 0

 

[lmforbis]

It isn’t ready. It takes time for the decay to happen to get the cycle going.