hookedonreefs
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Sat. morning I put in three huge tiger <cocktail> shrimp to start my cycle. Right after I added stress zyme. Sun afternoon I tested ammonia. It register around 3.0. Last night I tested again and it was at .2!! I know that the bacterial reproduces by splitting so 140,000 bacteria introduced on Sat. could be 1,120,000 bacteria on Tues. but could that really drop the ammonia THAT fast? I still have the shrimp in there and the water REEKS!!! I'll check Nitrites tonight, but I can't imagine the ammonia is being broken down that fast. Any opinions?