130 Gallon build journal

[J1Time]

Just hope this thing is cycled by the. Or I won't be buying any fish.

 

[J1Time]

Steady as we go

 

[jwh0818]

Why is nitrite pink?

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[J1Time]

Bad lighting and aight colored background?

 

[J1Time]

Better I think

 

[jwh0818]

That's better! Looks to be at 2ppm?

 

[J1Time]

Yep think about 20ppm I'm awful at telling colors apart. Surprised the ammonia has stayed steady

 

[jwh0818]

Yep think about 20ppm I'm awful at telling colors apart. Surprised the ammonia has stayed steady

Are you constantly dosing ammonia?

 

[J1Time]

Not dosed since day 1

 

[jwh0818]

How much did you add? Looks like it's at 8 ppm on my end

 

[J1Time]

Though enough to 4ppm. Water change in order?

 

[jwh0818]

Definitely not. That will stall the cycle a bit

 

[J1Time]

Bout the same as yesterday. Added some seeded material today about 6 hours ago. Hopefully it will work and did not die in shipment.

 

[J1Time]

Seems to not change. Thoughts?

 

[jwh0818]

Looks the same to me

 

[severum mama]

I'd try a water change and wait some more... 4 ppm is an arbitrary number, not a necessity. If you cut it down to 2 ppm, you'll still cycle the tank, you just won't be able to stock a whole tank's worth of fish all at once (which I would not recommend anyway, ever, as new tanks can be somewhat unstable).

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[J1Time]

Suppose I will try a water change. 50% you think?

 

[severum mama]

If you take any action at all. I don't think it is necessary, but may help to speed things along. New tanks are so unpredictable, lol.

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[J1Time]

All pants are finally in. Just needs to finish its cycle.

 

[severum mama]

Nice work!

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