What am i doing wrong?

carorella88

carorella88

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I have exhausted my own knowledge on this. My tank has been up and running with live rock in it for like a month and a half now. And yet,, the water levels don't seem to be changing. My nitrite is 0, nitrate is fluctuating between o and 10 ppm, ammonia is about 30 ppm, and ph is fluctuatong between 8.0 and 8.3... It hasn;t chnged dramatically, or even subtely as far as I know at all.. And the real wierd thing is now there is brown, ish slimey algae growing in there. It is not exposed to excessive sunlight and the water i used from my sink was tested and ok'd by my LFS.... Is my test kit broken, or don i need to do something else? the filtration I have is an under the tank wet dry with a carbon/mechanical filter, bio balls, and a protien skimmer... I have a 46 gallon aquarium and 45 lbs of live rock... Anybody have a guess?:(
 
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alti

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how long has the ammonia been really high? was the rock uncured? the nitrates hould not be fluctuating like that. it should steadily rise. have you had anyone verify your test results?
 
sandman_rsr

sandman_rsr

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Sounds like to me your tank is trying to go through a cycle but it will not cycle untill you put a fish or a dead shrimp,if the rock was cured then it will be hard for your cycle to take off, thats just my 0.2 cents
JMO get a new test kit and add a shrimp and wait another month and you should be ok. Hear this thread out and see what you come up with and go from there.
 
fshhub

fshhub

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was the rock mail ordered?
if so there was probably die off, which is fine, and will help to cycle
the ammonia being high, looks like it is still cycling, and a month and a half is not a long time at all.
You can check your test results against anohter source, a friend or lfs can test it for you using another test kit. Just to be sure.
If the ammonia is high, then there is nothing to worry about and you do not need to add any shrimp or anything, since your Lr and or sand is cycling just fine without it.
If this is the case and the amm is high, then all is good and should be left alone for now.
 
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