born2chill
Aquarium Advice Activist
Ok so I have an 80 gal bowfront tank that has been running for a week. I have a little more than 50 lbs. of live rock from lfs and 20 lbs live sand mixed with 40 lbs aragonite sand. I am using the Seachem marine basic test and Oceanic Salt. This is my logbook of tests:
1/19/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0ppm nitrate 1.0 ppm alk 2.75 free ammonia >0.1
1/20/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0ppm nitrate 3.5 ppm alk 2.75 free amm 0.1 tot amm 0.4
1/21/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0ppm nitrate 5.0 ppm alk 3.0 free amm 0.2 tot amm 0.5
1/22/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0 ppm nitrate 3.5 ppm alk 2.75 free amm 0.1 tot amm 0.3
1/24/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0ppm nitrate 3.5 ppm alk 2.75 free amm 0.1 tot amm 0.2
So my main question is if a spike will even occur in my setup considering my values have all been pretty steady. I was thinking about putting 2 blue damsels in my tank and see if I would get more of a cycle that way. That would also give me a chance to see how my Aquac remora pro performs since I haven't had any skimmate yet. I wanted to put 2 blue damsels in my tank anyway, so its not like I would just be using them for testing purposes. Just wondering what some of the more knowledgeable people around here think about me adding the damsels this soon.
When would be a good time to add a cleanup crew?
1/19/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0ppm nitrate 1.0 ppm alk 2.75 free ammonia >0.1
1/20/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0ppm nitrate 3.5 ppm alk 2.75 free amm 0.1 tot amm 0.4
1/21/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0ppm nitrate 5.0 ppm alk 3.0 free amm 0.2 tot amm 0.5
1/22/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0 ppm nitrate 3.5 ppm alk 2.75 free amm 0.1 tot amm 0.3
1/24/05
pH 8.2 nitrite 0ppm nitrate 3.5 ppm alk 2.75 free amm 0.1 tot amm 0.2
So my main question is if a spike will even occur in my setup considering my values have all been pretty steady. I was thinking about putting 2 blue damsels in my tank and see if I would get more of a cycle that way. That would also give me a chance to see how my Aquac remora pro performs since I haven't had any skimmate yet. I wanted to put 2 blue damsels in my tank anyway, so its not like I would just be using them for testing purposes. Just wondering what some of the more knowledgeable people around here think about me adding the damsels this soon.
When would be a good time to add a cleanup crew?