briandg
Member
I am in the process of cycling my tank (I think it's about done). I posted some numbers the other day, but would like to post an update for some feedback:
Salinity 1.0235
Nitrate 80 same as test two days ago
Nitrite 0
PH 8 (was showing a reading of 7.9 two days ago)
Ammonia 0 (was showing a reading between 0 & .25 two days ago)
I did a small water change with the remaining RO water I purchased at walmart (only about a 10% change) today. I am planning on doing a 25% change in a couple of days when I get my RO unit in and running. I'm concerned that my nitrates are so high. Is this because it's newly cycled, and will my water change help with this?
Also, I have air bubble all over in my tank floating around and on my live rock. My skimmer is turned down so much that water is barely flowing through it. I have a canister filter set up (Rena XP2) and right now that is my only water flow. I have two maxijet 900's ordered that should come in tomorrow. I can't tell where the air bubbles are coming from, I would think the only place would be my skimmer, but I can't turn it down anymore. It looks like air bubbles are coming out of my canister filter, but I'm guessing that it's just blowing them around. Anyone have any suggestions on this, or should I even be worried?
I'm finally showing signs of brown algae in my tank, is it ok to go ahead and add some snails or crabs, or should I wait until I get my nitrates down.
Thanks
Salinity 1.0235
Nitrate 80 same as test two days ago
Nitrite 0
PH 8 (was showing a reading of 7.9 two days ago)
Ammonia 0 (was showing a reading between 0 & .25 two days ago)
I did a small water change with the remaining RO water I purchased at walmart (only about a 10% change) today. I am planning on doing a 25% change in a couple of days when I get my RO unit in and running. I'm concerned that my nitrates are so high. Is this because it's newly cycled, and will my water change help with this?
Also, I have air bubble all over in my tank floating around and on my live rock. My skimmer is turned down so much that water is barely flowing through it. I have a canister filter set up (Rena XP2) and right now that is my only water flow. I have two maxijet 900's ordered that should come in tomorrow. I can't tell where the air bubbles are coming from, I would think the only place would be my skimmer, but I can't turn it down anymore. It looks like air bubbles are coming out of my canister filter, but I'm guessing that it's just blowing them around. Anyone have any suggestions on this, or should I even be worried?
I'm finally showing signs of brown algae in my tank, is it ok to go ahead and add some snails or crabs, or should I wait until I get my nitrates down.
Thanks