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Well because I am using a test strip there is no ammonia test so I get that tested at my lfs, I asked for a liquid test kit for Christmas but I have to use strips at least to get me through the cycle, I just assumed that now that my nitrites are starting to go down and nitrates are starting to...
I was reading the wrong chart and those were the wrong numbers, here are the stats of my tank
pH - 8.1
Alk - 310
Salt (ppt) 34 (sg = 1.025)
Ammonia - ~5
Nitrate - 13ppm
Nitrite - 30ppm
I fed for a while almost daily I went to get my water lab tested at a reef store and they said stop adding ammonia and the cycle will finish however what you’re saying makes sense. Not sure what to do... [emoji20]
OK so a little background I started this saltwater tank little around nine weeks ago and I added my source of ammonia eight weeks ago however I didn’t buy any sort of testing until about three weeks ago now that I tested I have close to 0 ammonia a lot of nitrates (40ppm) but very low nitrite...
Wouldn’t drop anything in if I were you also it’s hard to get enough light for the corals if you dropped then and they went down 5 or 6 feet, also feeding the corals and the anemones would be ridiculously hard if they were that deep so I would recommend keeping the corals close to the top, can...
Okay yea thanks I’m only 14 and do not have too much money to pour into this however I feel I do have a okay system so far being lucky with a free aquaclear 30 and free tank and I will consider a Red Sea
Okay thanks however I found an amazing deal on kijiji it’s a liquid test kit with 18 different tests for 10$ so I think I’ll pick it up, thanks for your help [emoji108]
I recently had my first bacterial bloom in my saltwater tank I thought the cycle would be almost over so I bought some tests and this is what came out, how much longer do you think