nuwave59
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi! Day 21! Week 3, and I've been testing my water for two days with the following readings :
Ammonia : 0
Nitrite : 0
Nitrates 10ppm
PH 8.2
Temp : 79F.
My ammonia never went over 0.50ppm, my nitrites never over 0.25ppm over the 3 weeks period.
It have 40g total volume of water, chaeto in the refugium with a deep sand bed, 25 lbs of live rock and 20 lbs of base rock. My skimmer has been running all the time. I put carbon in there too.
I used the shrimp method for the cycling.
I have beige algae growing on my glass. I saw a little white worm eating it (large like a hair, an inch long)
So I added a last shrimp yesterday, and keep I'll keep testing my water this week just to be sure but I think everything is ready. I'm a little worried. I was expecting this to take at least the double of time to cycle (6-8 weeks).
So what I plan to do is wait a week, keep testing my water, If the ammonia and Nitrites are still 0, and the Nitrates keep rising, I make a big water change (like 10-15g) then I add my first fishes?
Ammonia : 0
Nitrite : 0
Nitrates 10ppm
PH 8.2
Temp : 79F.
My ammonia never went over 0.50ppm, my nitrites never over 0.25ppm over the 3 weeks period.
It have 40g total volume of water, chaeto in the refugium with a deep sand bed, 25 lbs of live rock and 20 lbs of base rock. My skimmer has been running all the time. I put carbon in there too.
I used the shrimp method for the cycling.
I have beige algae growing on my glass. I saw a little white worm eating it (large like a hair, an inch long)
So I added a last shrimp yesterday, and keep I'll keep testing my water this week just to be sure but I think everything is ready. I'm a little worried. I was expecting this to take at least the double of time to cycle (6-8 weeks).
So what I plan to do is wait a week, keep testing my water, If the ammonia and Nitrites are still 0, and the Nitrates keep rising, I make a big water change (like 10-15g) then I add my first fishes?