First time tank build

Longnose Hawkfish · Oct 17, 2014

Are you usin RODI water? Does your water change water contain any nitrates?

Longnose Hawkfish · Oct 17, 2014

Shaking off all the live rock, cleaning te sand bed, and wiping the glass could have caused a spike.

g.Smith · Oct 17, 2014

We did all the shaking off before the water change in hopes that we would suck all out. Yes RODI from the lfs, and we tested it also.

I think we may have changed too much and initiated a mini cycle =/
Ph is like 8.4, ammonia between .25 & .50. Nitrites 0 and nitrates still like 40.