Cycling my 75g Parameter?'s

drstratton · Oct 23, 2015

According to my parameters it looks like I'm well into the nitrite & nitrate phase. So at some point can I expect more of an algae bloom? I'm excited to see that the parameters keep dropping!

Today's Parameters:

Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite .25ppm
Nitrate 5.0ppm
Phosphates .19ppm

Randy Holmes-Farley · Oct 23, 2015

With those values, yes, I'd expect algae to begin to be an issue.

drstratton · Oct 23, 2015

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
With those values, yes, I'd expect algae to begin to be an issue.

Thank you! When I get everything to zero it should be completely cycled and start to clear up?

Randy Holmes-Farley · Oct 23, 2015

You may not get to zero on nitrate or phosphate unless you have some mechanism to export them, and once you feed you'll be adding more of them every day.

drstratton · Oct 24, 2015

I haven't placed any fish in my tank yet and wasn't planning to until I got my parameters where they need to be. I haven't done a water change yet, I guess I can do that now, start my skimmer and add chaeto to the fuge and I have an order coming from IPSF that will have a lot of helpful microorganisms. Thank you for your time. I probably should have finished this in the new members forum, but I really appreciate the help you've given me. Thanks again!!!