HELP - Day 8 of cycle should I remove filter sock or?????

[pweezy42]

So I started cycling my tank with fish and I may have made another mistake.. I left both filter socks in while cycling, now I’m not sure if I should clean them and put them back in or leave them in and not touch them for (im not sure how much time) or just take them out and leave them out?
Any help would be appreciated.

some info is it’s a 90 gallon tank with a 20 long sump, 60 lbs oceans direct live sand, 90 pounds dry rock, 10lbs live rock from established tank, used bio spira day 1 day 3 added two clowns. I’m now on day 8 and my parameters are from API test kit :
Ph - 8 (honest i think it’s inbetween 7.8-8)
Ammonia - .25
Nitrate - 0
Nitrite - 0

 

[Spare time]

I wouldn't worry too much at this point. You probably have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and very very little nitrate. You can swap them out if you want. API, to new users of the kit, can look like 0.25ppm ammonia when you are actually at 0.

 

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I wouldn't worry too much at this point. You probably have 0 ammonia, nitrite, and very very little nitrate. You can swap them out if you want.

 

[pweezy42]

I wouldn't worry too much at this point. You probably have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and very very little nitrate. You can swap them out if you want. API, to new users of the kit, can look like 0.25ppm ammonia when you are actually at 0.

When I opened up the lid and looked and saw the brown I thought to myself I may have made a mistake if all my bacteria was sitting in the socks.
I left them in early to help clear up the tank from the initial fill and then never thought about it until I just read something and it made me question what I did.
Will it hurt or benefit me in anyway leaving them in longer during this initial stage or should I just swap them out now?

 

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When I opened up the lid and looked and saw the brown I thought to myself I may have made a mistake if all my bacteria was sitting in the socks.
I left them in early to help clear up the tank from the initial fill and then never thought about it until I just read something and it made me question what I did.
Will it hurt or benefit me in anyway leaving them in longer during this initial stage or should I just swap them out now?

If there is crud in it, or food, it could just increase nitrate and phosphate, but otherwise no it won't harm anything.