cupcake
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Just wondering if anyone can explain the cycling process to me. I just set up a 50 gallon SW tank and used Bio-spira to start maturing the filter. At the time I only had about 5 pounds of LR and no other bio filter. I tested my water the next day and had no ammonia, nitrites, or nitrates. A day or so later i added ceramic rings to my canister filter and about 40 more pounds of LR at the request of my mom (didn't want to, but long story). Now my ammonia levels are pretty high and nitrite levels are *really* high. Is this just part of the cycle or did I mess it up by adding too much live rock to a tank that had no biological filter to begin with?