What is happening?

[finfin2003]

Well I came back from vacation (away for two days) and all my brown alege was gone. The rocks looked "clean" again. Then there was one rock with green on it. A very dark shade of green. No hair like stuff tho. And the red (possible cyno) stuff on the sand slightly increased... but on the largest rock it was ren and stringy. ? What does all this mean?
Now here are my readings, which have not changed really from when I left on Sat. Ammonia .25, Nitiries 0 , and Nirates 0. Why is it that the Nitrites are not spiking
Thanks for the imput guys.
In case anyone was wondering where I took vacation I was at the Pocono 500 Nascar Race!!!!! Any nascar fans out there
Thanks again
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Becky

 

[full of questions]

I love nascar,i've been to several races.I alway's root
for Tony!so it would have been a good race to have been
at,even though i don't like it when the race finishes
under the yellow.I collect die-cast of several different
driver's.How's your driver?,hopefully not that #24.

 

[beaslbob]

Originally posted by finfin2003
Well I came back from vacation (away for two days) and all my brown alege was gone. The rocks looked "clean" again. Then there was one rock with green on it. A very dark shade of green. No hair like stuff tho. And the red (possible cyno) stuff on the sand slightly increased... but on the largest rock it was ren and stringy. ? What does all this mean?
Now here are my readings, which have not changed really from when I left on Sat. Ammonia .25, Nitiries 0 , and Nirates 0. Why is it that the Nitrites are not spiking
Thanks for the imput guys.
In case anyone was wondering where I took vacation I was at the Pocono 500 Nascar Race!!!!! Any nascar fans out there
Thanks again
__________________
Becky

Brown algae feeds on phosphates (and other stuff LOL). As the phosphates are consumed it dies out and is replace with green algae. Normal part of cycling the tank.

 

[finfin2003]

Lots of q's My driver was Mark Martin and he finished 2nd!@ I think he could have finished 1'st had we not finished under the caution.
beaslebob, thanks.. glad to hear that. Is it getting close to picking out a clean up crew???

 

[beaslbob]

Originally posted by finfin2003
Lots of q's My driver was Mark Martin and he finished 2nd!@ I think he could have finished 1'st had we not finished under the caution.
beaslebob, thanks.. glad to hear that. Is it getting close to picking out a clean up crew???
Not yet. The little guys need lotsa algae to eat. If you could add macro algae, then you may not even have the micro algae at all.

 

[leigh]

yeah, hold off on the clean up crew until ammonia and nitrites are both 0. how long has the tank been cycling?

 

[finfin2003]

LEIGH-
TANK HAS BEEN CYCLING FOR ABOUT 3 WKS NOW. I CANT UNDERSTAND WHY NITRITES HAVE NOT SPIKED YET???

 

[leigh]

every tank cycles different and weird things happen. has anything died in that tank? (ie could there be something producing ammonia)? and how much faith do you have in your test kit? if you haven't already have your lfs check your water--you may have an old test kit. (I was getting high-fatal-readings for nitrites for the longest time and it always scared me but the fish seemed fine. finally had the fish store check my water and nitrites were 0. i just had an old test kit...)
-leigh

 

[beaslbob]

Originally posted by finfin2003
LEIGH-
TANK HAS BEEN CYCLING FOR ABOUT 3 WKS NOW. I CANT UNDERSTAND WHY NITRITES HAVE NOT SPIKED YET???
could be lack of bioload. My ammonia kit is extremely hard to read at low levels. I would add a single mollie and not feed it for a week. Betcha you will notice nitrites then LOL.

 

[leigh]

Originally posted by beaslbob
could be lack of bioload.

absolutely not. do not add a fish with your ammonia levels that high...it's just not humane. wait it out...if you really feel like your cycle still needs a kick in the pants perhaps try adding a couple more lbs of live rock...

 

[guppy slayer]

Originally posted by Full Of Questions
How's your driver?,hopefully not that #24.
whats wrong with the #24?LOL
I was at Richmond 5/3/03

 

[jlem]

If you are reading ammonia then do not throw in fish so they can get ammonia burns and spike the levels even more. If you have rock then your rock( biological filter ) may have been able to handle the nitrite right off the bat since it was live rock when you put it in the tank. Give your tank some time to do it's thing. Your rock will keep the nitrogen cycle going since stuff is always diying off on live rock even years after it's been in a tank.

 

[finfin2003]

oK THANKS guys
nothing is wrong with #24.. just dont like him. haha Im sure hes an ok guy an all
we all have the drivers we like and mine happens to mark martin
SO back to the fish. I will wait some more.... thats what this is all about , right