Mr Crabs
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a 75 gal tank. Put 90lbs of Carib Sea aragonite sand (Not live) last monday. I put 30lbs of Fiji LR in yesterday and I have 60lbs more lbs of gulf and keys on the way to go in early next week (wanted to wait to get it all to put in together but found a LFS with a great sale on the Fiji and couldnt resist). PH is low at 7.8 - 8.0 (hard to tell the color exactly) Ammonia is 8.0 Nitrite 5.0 and Nitrate is 40 just tested it now, about 24 hours after the live rock went in. The water color has a yellow tint to it now. Is this normal? If so why is it yellow? I saw several places that said you should not run AC while cycling. Is this correct? Am I jumping the gun since I only have 30lbs in there now? Should I wait to put in the rest of the live rock in a few days before actually calling it cycling, testing or putting in a PH buffer? TIA