toyocuda
New Member
Hi guys, Im new to marine tanks i have been a fish fan my whole life with freshwater fish/ invertebrates, and plants. I wanted something more challenging and more nice and elegant looking.So i decided to start a salt water tank.
I currently have a 33gal tank (FOWLR), i use filtered real salt water from local marine institutions. I started my tank a week ago and have a variety of rock in it including live rock to start my nitrogen cycle. Im currently waiting for my ammonia spike to happen ( which is extremely hard) So far my live rocks have lots of life happening on them and are starting to make their ways on to dry rock in the tank. i still haven't gotten my ammonia spike yet and its been a week. I have 4 Mollies in my tank to help make ammonia levels higher along with a blue legged hermit crab. I have my ammonia,nitite,nitrate, and ph kit so far my ph level is good (8.1) my ammonia levels are only 0.5 , and i have no nitrite or nitrates. I understand you have to wait for ammonia to get very high at a certain point in the cycling process and then you will begine getting nitrites, then nitrates. I know before i put a fish in like a clown fish my water has to be 0 ammonia,0 nitrites, and low nitrates. When does this accumilate? ive heard it takes between 2-4 weeks. How do you know if the cycle has become done to its peak? does all the rocks have to be covered with live matter before i put fish in?
I currently have a 33gal tank (FOWLR), i use filtered real salt water from local marine institutions. I started my tank a week ago and have a variety of rock in it including live rock to start my nitrogen cycle. Im currently waiting for my ammonia spike to happen ( which is extremely hard) So far my live rocks have lots of life happening on them and are starting to make their ways on to dry rock in the tank. i still haven't gotten my ammonia spike yet and its been a week. I have 4 Mollies in my tank to help make ammonia levels higher along with a blue legged hermit crab. I have my ammonia,nitite,nitrate, and ph kit so far my ph level is good (8.1) my ammonia levels are only 0.5 , and i have no nitrite or nitrates. I understand you have to wait for ammonia to get very high at a certain point in the cycling process and then you will begine getting nitrites, then nitrates. I know before i put a fish in like a clown fish my water has to be 0 ammonia,0 nitrites, and low nitrates. When does this accumilate? ive heard it takes between 2-4 weeks. How do you know if the cycle has become done to its peak? does all the rocks have to be covered with live matter before i put fish in?
