bigheadted
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Feb 24, 2014
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Hey folks. I've had a 90 gallon freshwater tank for about 5 years and recently have started a saltwater tank. I have a 100 gallon tank drilled with a 55 gallon sump. I've had it up and running for about 1 month cycling. Yesterday morning ammonia 0 nitrite 0.25 nitrate 0. Last night I was at ammonia 0 nitrite 0 and nitrate 10. This afternoon I tested again and even got a new API test kit to make sure and everything is at 0. Tested multiple times with 2 different api kits. pH is at 8.2 and salinity is at 1.024. Has my cycle completed? I cycled with instant ocean bio-spira and also have 20 pounds of live sand in sumps refugium section with about 100 pounds of rock (not live but cured). There is no algae in the tank or sump. I let tank run for 2 p-3 weeks without protein skimmer and now I have a coral line 220g skimmer working well. Should I get a CUC even though nothing algae wise is visible? I been reading tons of stuff on net trying to figure it all out and figured I'd finally stop lurking and post. Tank is in a small bedroom and I cut a whole in wall and framed tank with moulding to create a picture frame around it. I can't wait to get fish in there but have been forcing myself to wait so I don't torture fish with bad water quality. Also forgot to add that all water in tank is from a spectra pure reef rodi filter system. Ay info, tips, and/or comments would be great.