steve r
Aquarium Advice FINatic
when the tank is cycled will you notice detectable nitrate levels?
after one week of live sand i had:
.25 ammonia
0.2 nitrate
2.5 nitrate
one the day i took those readings i added live rock. after the readings were taken
today i have:
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
0 nitrate
total time from adding live sand has been 2 weeks.
should i have some nitrate? where did it go? what used it?
i have also notice a lot of new algae growth and what looks like "seaweed" or kelp.
can i do a 20 percent water change now and clean up some of the garbage from the rock and sand bed?
things seem to doing okay. many feather dusters and a couple clams, brittle stars and snails ( all hitch hikers ) moving around
as always thanks for your input
steve r
after one week of live sand i had:
.25 ammonia
0.2 nitrate
2.5 nitrate
one the day i took those readings i added live rock. after the readings were taken
today i have:
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
0 nitrate
total time from adding live sand has been 2 weeks.
should i have some nitrate? where did it go? what used it?
i have also notice a lot of new algae growth and what looks like "seaweed" or kelp.
can i do a 20 percent water change now and clean up some of the garbage from the rock and sand bed?
things seem to doing okay. many feather dusters and a couple clams, brittle stars and snails ( all hitch hikers ) moving around
as always thanks for your input
steve r