New Guy from Wisconsin

jlanger · Mar 20, 2015

Welcome!
Another Wisconsin reefer myself; New Richmond.
Keep us posted on your build progress.

Jerad53 · Oct 18, 2015

Finally making progress!

KJ · Oct 18, 2015

Jerad53 said:
Finally making progress!

Looking good

ice fish · Oct 18, 2015

Nice. How long have you been cycling?

Jerad53 · Oct 18, 2015

Thanks! I've been cycling for about a week and a half, ammonia is finally at 0ppm Nitrites were .50ppm and Nitrates were around 80ppm as of yesterday

ice fish · Oct 18, 2015

Sounds like its starting to go down. How are you cycling the tank?

Jerad53 · Oct 18, 2015

With live rock and sand, im not sure how to answer that...I'm pretty new to this, I'm letting everything run as if it would if i had fish/coral

ice fish · Oct 18, 2015

Most people feed the bacteria with something like a piece of shrimp to give ammonia to cycle the tank.

Jerad53 · Oct 18, 2015

Wouldn't the die off from the live rock produce ammonia?

ice fish · Oct 18, 2015

It depends on what live rock. Your's looks like it has been cured possibly before from the store so it didnt have much but the bacteria on it. I would use something like the shrimp method just to make sure. It wont hurt your system honestly and will help produce more beneficial bacteria.