Good Morning!! New CYCLED tank question!!!

ohiorn67

Member
hello!! well what a job it was last night. We purchased a different stand and canopy (Gorgeous!!) but it was a job to empty the 90 gallon aquarium into 2 -50 gallon rubbermaid cans.....then take all rock out,etc. We were just at the end of our cycle, so the only thing in the tank was the live rock. Salinity is 1.024, Alk is high and good, PH was 8.2 once all got back together but when we put the live rock in totally different it obviously changed our cycle course for we had no ammonia and the smallest trace of nitrite, now I am reading Ammonia at .25 and Nitrites .5 ....I assume this is normal but can anyone tell me will it totally recycle or will it come down faster than the norm? We just got done messing with it at 4am central time here....exhausting!!! I will post tank pics tonight, it is gorgeous!!!
 

ohiorn67

Member
Oh, by the way all, the moral of the story here......MAKE SURE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHICH STAND YOU WANT BEFORE SETTING IT UP THE FIRST TIME!!! I did this on a return after it was together when they got this new stand in of course right after I started my tank and wanted it so bad!! Swapping me out!
 
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