Cycle complete?

dennism · May 5, 2019

Went through a short cycle period. Used live sand and a bottle of bio spira Dosing daily with ammonia.2 weeks and all levels are where they need to be. I added 2 clowns and 2 turbo snails yesterday. Thought one snail was dead this morning he climbed out of the water on the glass and was stuck between the glass and the return line from the filter. Put him back in the water and within 10 min he was cruising the tank again. New name is Lazarus lol. All chemical levels are still good after 24 hrs. Kind of pumped.

W1ngz · May 5, 2019

Keep a close eye on ammonia levels for the next several days, and if it were me I wouldn't be planning to add anything more for at least 30 days. This will give you time to quarantine your next choice of livestock.
People will have an easier time offering encouragement and advice if you post the tank parameters (chemical levels), rather than just stating that they are where they need to be. Stating your tank volume helps too.

Being pumped is good

Rushing things, not so much.

BadFish619 · May 5, 2019

What's ammonia level? Converting to nitrite?

dennism · May 5, 2019

BadFish619 said:
What's ammonia level? Converting to nitrite?

I was dosing between 1.5 to 2 ppm and it was dropping out to 0 by the time I got home from work Daily. For the last week. I haven't done anything since adding the fish. Still at 0. calcium just a little low about 360ppm. Nitrate, ph, nitrite and tds all good.