Are These Readings Gd?

[fiskkeeperpro]

My tank has been cycling for 9 days now, i have had a huge diatom breakout and now i have small bits of hair algae (or so i think) over the glas, only in groups of 2/3. Is this good?

Here are my readings:

PH-8.2
Ammonia- 0.02-0.05
Nitrite- 0.02-0.05
Nitrate- 10

How long do you think it will take before i can get my cuc, and what will follow from now?

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Looks like it is cycling as expected. Personally I would wait until the ammonia and nitrite are at zero and then I would wait for at least another week to make sure they stay there before adding any CUC.

Kind of hard to say how long it will take to finish but I would guess it wont take much longer.

 

[_daniel]

What are your set-up specs? Tank size, filter type, skimmer, live rock, cured/uncured? All these things can affect the cycle.

My 450L is in the process of cycling at the moment, it's been running for two weeks and the ammonia has just hit zero. Thats with about 50kg's of LR, about half of which was fully cured, and a 3ft sump with a wet/dry trickle filter. I have also been dosing with Stability.

 

[fiskkeeperpro]

i using 5kg cured lr and im using the box jewel filter that came with the tank (juwel rekord 60) with different media no skimmer as i will do 15% water changes every weekend