Somehting wierd about my cycle levels.

beatlesfan

beatlesfan

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sorry I couldn't get the test results for yesterday... welll yesterday. Here they are:
Ammonia: .2
nitrite: 1.5
nitrate: 160 (getting a refugium soon so these should go down)
I am now mixing for a 15-20g water change right now.
 
beatlesfan

beatlesfan

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i just tested the ammonia: .05 Very low! Hopefully it keeps falling.
also there's this thing on <place where you alot> where i can buy sand and a refugium started kit. If they ship it overnight will there be enough die-off to start the cycle again? They pack it with 72hr heat packs and a bunch of insulation.
It's thirty pounds of natural made premium sand grown under natural sun-light. Here is what the kit contains:
KIT INCLUDES CHAETOMORPHA MACRO ALGAE, IMPORTED TONGA BRANCH LIVE ROCK, AND 6 SAND SIFTING SNAILS AND SAND FROM OUR CORAL GROWING TANKS. (copied and pasted so that's why the caps)
 
coraldude

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I got that kit. The LR and Cheato are very small pieces (about the size of a silver dollar). Also, I only got 3 snails. The sand is really good though.
 
beatlesfan

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Originally Posted by CoralDude
I got that kit. The LR and Cheato are very small pieces (about the size of a silver dollar). Also, I only got 3 snails. The sand is really good though.
For the price I think any size is fine. Also when you received it did it start a mini-cycle? I don't want my ammonia goign up but.....
 
beatlesfan

beatlesfan

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This thread is old but I geuss ill update:
Ammonia: .05 (maybe lower but deffinatly not higher)
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 18
PH: 8.3
 
poniegirl

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Originally Posted by Beatlesfan
ok ammonai unmistakably 0. I will wait a few days to make sure it stays down.
Very fun to read your thread! The thread is by NO means OLD.
I just added fish to my latest cycled tank (took 5 weeks even starting with established sand, live rock and tank water) and I have been in this hobby for 15+ years...it doesn't get easier to be patient. Wait as long as you can, not just to be sure. Enjoy this phase, too. See what appears on your rock over the next week or two..or three.
The longer you wait to add any living animal, the better off you all will be. Do a couple of water changes and get the hang of that.
 
beatlesfan

beatlesfan

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Originally Posted by PonieGirl
Very fun to read your thread! The thread is by NO means OLD.
I just added fish to my latest cycled tank (took 5 weeks even starting with established sand, live rock and tank water) and I have been in this hobby for 15+ years...it doesn't get easier to be patient. Wait as long as you can, not just to be sure. Enjoy this phase, too. See what appears on your rock over the next week or two..or three.
The longer you wait to add any living animal, the better off you all will be. Do a couple of water changes and get the hang of that.
Yeah am defintly going to wait for a week or so. Also I have a question about stuff apearing on my live rock. At first I had TONs of diatoms, starting from the top and working down. Now the stuff at the top is dieing away leaving just pearly white rock (like more white that it had been when it was base). Also I ham seeign green algae red and puple coraline and millions if not trillions of pods EVERYWHERE even without a refugium as of eyt.
 
zj4play

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Just wondering :thinking: ...I started my 29 gallon biocube (actually 24) on March 10, 2007, with 30 lbs of live rock and 30 lbs of live sand. As of March 18, 2007, my ammonia level is 0.0, nitrite is 0.0, nitrate is 10-15 and pH is 8.0.
Does this suggest my cycle is over, and if so...why the hell was it so quick
 
zj4play

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The live rock was cured and I grabbed it from the bottom of the stores big tank. The sand I have no idea if it was cured or not?
 
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