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quandary

quandary

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Originally Posted by Whisk
http:///forum/post/2852183
4 hours is good. thats how long i ran mine each day during week 2.
Put the shrimp in my tank until it turned into nothing.
Nitrates-15-20
Nitrites-0
Ammonia-0
Should my water change get my Nitrates lower?
 
cal559

cal559

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Wait until you start seeing diatoms(brown algae) on your sandbed...then add your CUC...then a week later do your 1st water change...This should help nitrates go down.
 
quandary

quandary

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Originally Posted by cal559
http:///forum/post/2858384
Wait until you start seeing diatoms(brown algae) on your sandbed...then add your CUC...then a week later do your 1st water change...This should help nitrates go down.

I have some diatoms already, but my live rock came with a couple of snails and crabs. Seems like they are cleaning all day. It is going in 3 weeks and Nitrates were higher over last week with the shrimp in there, but started to drop this weekend. Is my cycle not done?
 
jerth6932

jerth6932

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Not till you 0 out will your cycle be over... and that has to maintain for a week prior to you getting excited!
 
cal559

cal559

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I think your cycle is about done now i would wait a week or until it drops to 0 and do a water change and then your ready for your first fish.
 
quandary

quandary

Member
Originally Posted by cal559
http:///forum/post/2858409
I think your cycle is about done now i would wait a week or until it drops to 0 and do a water change and then your ready for your first fish.

I will wait a week and hope for 0.....
 
quandary

quandary

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Ok, after two and half weeks of no action my Nitrates are up from 0-20 and now 40ppm yesterday and today. I just hit my cycle correct?
Nitrite-o
Ammonia-0
Nitrate-40
 
whisk

whisk

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yeah your nitrates are high. They should go back down on their own. A waterchange sounds like it may be necessary to help out with it.
 
spanko

spanko

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Been watching since you started. Have never seen an ammonia reading since setup the middle of November correct? Put a shrimp in never saw a spike correct?
If you want to be really safe take a sample to the local fish store and let them check for ammonia and nitrite.
For me, no ammonia, nasty old shrimp in a bag, still no ammonia, diatoms coming, nitrates on the rise................I would do a 20% water change and go ahead and buy 1/2 of my planned clean up crew.
JMO FWIW
 
quandary

quandary

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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2862723
Been watching since you started. Have never seen an ammonia reading since setup the middle of November correct? Put a shrimp in never saw a spike correct?
If you want to be really safe take a sample to the local fish store and let them check for ammonia and nitrite.
For me, no ammonia, nasty old shrimp in a bag, still no ammonia, diatoms coming, nitrates on the rise................I would do a 20% water change and go ahead and buy 1/2 of my planned clean up crew.
JMO FWIW
Thanks Spanko,
I took my water this morning to LFS and they said everything 0 but Nitrate 10. I bought a couple new bottels of Nitrate test and it showed the same. I guess the first bottles I bought were bad..?..
Bought 3 Mex Turbos, 2 Red Hermits, 2 Nass snails. Anything else you think for now??
 
cal559

cal559

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For your CUC add this:
4 cerith snails and 4 astrea snails. Then when the algae is getting out of control double up on these 2 and triple up on your nass. snails to 6, and then go from there...
If your sand bed gets really bad get a tonga fighting conch just 1 is enough though...
 
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