Cycling New Tank

[seffieuk]

Looking good, like the overhangs

How long was your rock out of water - looks like you may not get a cycle, leave it for a few more days

Seffie x

 

[fish_lover09]

Looking good, like the overhangs

How long was your rock out of water - looks like you may not get a cycle, leave it for a few more days

Seffie x

i got 5kg of live rock online next day delivery and it arrived before 9 oclock next day as said and i got anoth 3kg from my lfs and it was out of the water no more than 1 hour tops i notied tday that my nitrate has gone up to 20ppm but dont know if i should do a water change or turn the skimmer on

 

[seffieuk]

Wait another 24 hours, test again, I suspect it will go up even further but get the water ready for a big water change - you are going to need it soon

Seffie x

 

[fish_lover09]

Wait another 24 hours, test again, I suspect it will go up even further but get the water ready for a big water change - you are going to need it soon

Seffie x

hello
done test today and i got same results as yesterday ammonia and nitrite at 0ppm and nitrate at 20ppm

 

[seffieuk]

Ok, do a 50% water change and then test again in 24 hours

Seffie x

 

[fish_lover09]

hello
done a water change today will do another test tomorrow night and hopefully the nitrates are down

 

[seffieuk]

Seffie x

 

[bunjiweb]

Although I would not recommend fish to cycle a marine tank, Sometimes the quality of live rock is quite poor and there isn't enough stuff living on the rock to die off to produce a proper ammonia spike capable of building up a good bacteria colony.

Something you could consider is using dry pellet food sprinkled lightly on the rock to help drive the waste levels. If after a few days of adding this you still see no change in your readings then I would consider going down the path of transferring live rock that is fully submerged from shop to home.

If you have been fortunate to get very good live rock then you'd be surprised at what will survive, and equally what will die, which should as previously posted kick start the bacterial cycle.... good luck!

Ben

 

[fish_lover09]

Although I would not recommend fish to cycle a marine tank, Sometimes the quality of live rock is quite poor and there isn't enough stuff living on the rock to die off to produce a proper ammonia spike capable of building up a good bacteria colony.

Something you could consider is using dry pellet food sprinkled lightly on the rock to help drive the waste levels. If after a few days of adding this you still see no change in your readings then I would consider going down the path of transferring live rock that is fully submerged from shop to home.

If you have been fortunate to get very good live rock then you'd be surprised at what will survive, and equally what will die, which should as previously posted kick start the bacterial cycle.... good luck!

Ben

hello
after water change and leavig for 24 hours done test and got nitrate down to 10ppm i cant use and dry food to spinkle on rock as i only have food for freshwater at the moment unless i can use this?
thanks for your help

 

[bunjiweb]

It doesnt have to be marine food, I used to use Tetra Prima tropical fish granules...