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[ACEofNONE]

Hey... Im new to R2R and pretty new to the hobby. I have a 30 gl. Tank with a 5 gl. HOB refugium. I have 34 lbs of LR and i have about a 2 in SB. Im running the aquaC remora S skimmer. No filtration sense i was told the macro algae will help with bringing down ammonia lvls. The tank has been up and running for sbout 2 weeks now. I saw the 1st signs of life 2 days ago with what i believe to be a cocepod bloom. Ive been testing the water and still haven't seen signs of a cycle yet. Is it normal to see life in the tank with out the cycle happening?


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[Mr. D]

If you bought the tank with all the rock etc with it then it is completely normal to see life. Even during a cycling process you'll see some life here and there. I'd say since you have all the recommended rock your cycle will be very minimal. It could have happened in just a few hours if that. So you may have missed it with your testing.

As for filtration, with water change (weekly to bi-weekly), skimmer and the correct amount of rock with the addition of the refugium, you're going to be set in filtration terms.

Good luck and welcome to the collective money pit!

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[skinz78]

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[ACEofNONE]

If i may have possibly missed the cycle is there a way to find out or should i just wait it out for a couple more weeks? I havent had a diatom bloom yet either.


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[Dragonreef202]

Welcome. I don't believe you have missed anything. The only thing now is to wait over time with your maintanance just keep an eye on your water parameters and life will be seen

 

[GHill762]

test for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. you want ammonia and nitrite to be 0 before adding anything.

 

[ACEofNONE]

Ok. Thanks for the help guys.


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