has my flippin tank cycled yet
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poniegirl
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Sorry to say, your flippin tank isn't cycled yet.
When your ammonia is absolute 0.00, your nitrite is absolute 0.00, you should see a spike in nitrate.
At that point you can do a water change, 25% or so, or a series of water changes until you read 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and when the nitrate reads below 40, you can begin to add livestock and inverts.
CAUTION, you want your nitrates to be ideally 0 for a reef, that is corals. Water changes are a sure fire way to control nitrates, but you will have to be consistent with testing the water and topping off evaporation and doing water changes.
When your ammonia is absolute 0.00, your nitrite is absolute 0.00, you should see a spike in nitrate.
At that point you can do a water change, 25% or so, or a series of water changes until you read 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and when the nitrate reads below 40, you can begin to add livestock and inverts.
CAUTION, you want your nitrates to be ideally 0 for a reef, that is corals. Water changes are a sure fire way to control nitrates, but you will have to be consistent with testing the water and topping off evaporation and doing water changes.