Cycling question
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PeterB113
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Yea that's strange after 15 days... I'd say one more week test again if it's still at 2ppm somethings up. Maybe try retesting ammonia maybe you made a slight mistake with the test and it's giving you a false reading. If you clean the vial with tap water make sure it's COMPLETELY clean and dry.
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I clean with rodi water and I have been testing every other day and I just did a 30% water change to see if I could notice a difference in ammonia test there was 0 so maybe I overdosed ammonia and it’s much higher then 2ppm?
rustyreefer
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when is the last time you added ammonia? Day 1? What are Nitrites at? You should be seeing Nitrate raise, even if you did overdose ammonia.
How to unstick any seemingly stuck cycle
Updated Cycling Science in Action This is a testless reef tank cycling thread, the only one from any board. If you ever had trouble with reef tank cycling in the past, you won't any longer after working some jobs with us. chances are you are using/about to use a method of reef tank cycling...
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14 pages on how to fix that tank above.
step 1 change water
step two, add some life
step three put down the test kits
step four post us proof pics I link them to page fifteen.
*as we debate what is shown for a year there, remember we aren't talking test kit stated params there for pages. we think those are wrong in nearly every stated case.
what we do speak about is # of days underwater, which you've met, and dosing a booster, which you have
we then use tank pics with animals in it as the final proof, we never never ever believe the stated test kit ranges, that's key in the success of the pages and the timeliness of each cycle call.
your specific start date was a few days ago. I know your tests dont agree, they're not factored above and we keep turning out great systems and occasionally a seneye owner spot checks us; we pass
seneye test kit owners are the only ones we believe on a one off reading.
123
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I'm assuming 100% water change?How to unstick any seemingly stuck cycle
Updated Cycling Science in Action This is a testless reef tank cycling thread, the only one from any board. If you ever had trouble with reef tank cycling in the past, you won't any longer after working some jobs with us. chances are you are using/about to use a method of reef tank cycling...
14 pages on how to fix that tank above.
step 1 change water
step two, add some life
step three put down the test kits
step four post us proof pics I link them to page fifteen.
*as we debate what is shown for a year there, remember we aren't talking test kit stated params there for pages. we think those are wrong in nearly every stated case.
what we do speak about is # of days underwater, which you've met, and dosing a booster, which you have
we then use tank pics with animals in it as the final proof, we never never ever believe the stated test kit ranges, that's key in the success of the pages and the timeliness of each cycle call.
your specific start date was a few days ago. I know your tests dont agree, they're not factored above and we keep turning out great systems and occasionally a seneye owner spot checks us; we pass
seneye test kit owners are the only ones we believe on a one off reading.
if possible yes, we use that as the great equalizer to smooth out all the various things folks add during ramp up times
I have never once in all reefing seen a fifteen day dosed tank do the water change and fail to carry life. I'd be more concerned if you were on day 4
even if that bottle bac you added was dead/mostly dead, which is rare, you still meet the ammonia timeline from a common cycling chart. we kicked out approximation testing but we subbed in other objective means.
the very first example post was a reading three times higher than yours, eight ppm for a month stuck.
I have never once in all reefing seen a fifteen day dosed tank do the water change and fail to carry life. I'd be more concerned if you were on day 4
even if that bottle bac you added was dead/mostly dead, which is rare, you still meet the ammonia timeline from a common cycling chart. we kicked out approximation testing but we subbed in other objective means.
the very first example post was a reading three times higher than yours, eight ppm for a month stuck.
can you post tank pics
if the live rock you added was wet when it came home, that was skip cycle live rock and the pet store misadvised that bottle bac sale. they do it from mis training, not by bad intent.
in forums, peers routinely advise live rock skip cyclers to add bac anyway. if your live rock was dry when you added it, the bac were timed well but if it came home wet, they were already full of cycling bac and cost more than the dry stuff because of that.
if the live rock you added was wet when it came home, that was skip cycle live rock and the pet store misadvised that bottle bac sale. they do it from mis training, not by bad intent.
in forums, peers routinely advise live rock skip cyclers to add bac anyway. if your live rock was dry when you added it, the bac were timed well but if it came home wet, they were already full of cycling bac and cost more than the dry stuff because of that.
Azedenkae
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Yeah that's weird then. I mean a lot of reports recently that Dr. Tim's One and Only does not seem to really be working, but well if you have live rock defo should have the nitrifiers you'd need. Do you have a pic of your tank?
