Stumped on Cycle-What next

[Pikemartin83]

I’ll start off by saying I have about 15yrs experience and have cycled 3 tanks in the past with no issues. I recently got back into reefing and I’m completely stumped on what’s going on with my new tank. I’m using Redsea reef mature kit and today is day 21. Should I just wait it out further or go a different direction at this point. Attached are my numbers. I followed the directions exactly so I didn’t test everything every day.

thanks guys

Chris

 

[blaxsun]

What are you using for a testing kit? The Red Sea Reef Mature Kit does work - but you can be several days (or more) off depending on a lot of factors. At least what I found personally and what others seem to be indicating.

 

[Pikemartin83]

Thanks for the quick reply!
Red Sea test kit for Ammonia & Nitrite
Hanna Checker for Nitrate

 

[Pikemartin83]

Just thought I’d through this in…In the past I only used live rock and live sand and typically took no longer than 10days. This time around I used Liferock Shapes and Live sand. Per the instructions I’m also running the skimmer and and light for 10hrs a day.

 

[Pikemartin83]

Well now today my Ammonia came down to 0 and Nitrites stayed at .2

weirdest cycle I’ve ever had lol