At this point in your cycle I would not worry about doing water changes. I would let it runs its course. You would want to do water changes if you had livestock in there that would be harmed due to your high levels of Ammonia.. but you don't so its okay. You'll do water changes towards the end of the cycle to remove the final product Nitrite. Once the tank has finished cycling there should be a balance of bacteria which will convert Ammonia into Nitrite and Nitrite to Nitrate so you should not get readings for Ammonia or Nitrite. Then just water changes to remove the Nitrite.

you mean to remove nitrate :p so many thing, im used to my freshwater tank and the cycle is all done with fish so yea, thank you

Ya sorry, nitrate, my bad :-)

Some people don't believe in using fish to help the cycle along, some do. I think it is a bit cruel because the cycle is a very harsh environment. In salt water we are a little lucky in that we can use live rock. Likely what's happening is all the formerly live stuff (micro and some macro organisms) that was on your "live rock" is dieing off and causing the ammonia spike. In a way you can think of it as a blessing. Some people don't get such a reaction so they have to resort to other methods to jumpstart their cycle by adding stuff to their tank.. either fish or chemicals.

this makes me think back to last year in 20 Bio the nitrogen cycle :p
i understand it but in fresh you have to do the changes often but i gess if theres nothing in there :p

Ya, if you had livestock in there you'd definitely want to intervene with some water changes. But then in my opinion you shouldn't be cycling with livestock :P

new thought then, when will this cycle be over :( i guess i can be patient

It is over when it is over :lol:

There is a long answer and there is a short answer. The short answer is, when Ammonia and Nitrites measure zero. I will spare you my long answer.

Thought it was the Grind that cost the money, Bumps were free LOL

Bump to your comment there. Imma gonna have to charge fer that though. I take frags and all major credit cards.

Bump, Grind at this point it is all the same :redface:
Nothing comes for free, Dan :wink:

Is glass a liquid or a solid?

Guess it all depends when you accidentally break it.:wink:

It is the solidest liquid known to man. Or is it the liquidest solid?

depends on the type of glass
If your house is hotter then 1500 °C, or about 2700 °F its a liquid
any colder then that and its a solid

Your all wrong glass is considered "highly viscous liquid, an amorphous solid, or simply that glass is another state of matter that is neither liquid nor solid", some good reading here for you Sphelps. (Don't worry there's nothing about Mangroves on there :wink:)

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physic...ass/glass.html

Levi

Ya what I said, glass is the liquidest solid, yet the solidest liquid :D

Ah, sorry didn't see that. It's actually a really good question, has tones of people baffled.
Levi

why is it that when my my mom asks me if i need the bathroom cuz shes having a bath and i say no, once she gets in there i have to pee right away?
also i like cookie dough and want some

Try putting rain gear on. Or a wetsuit.
Both makes you want to go

Wetsuit better than dry suit lol :lol:.

Was rocking a pee tonight at Tim Horton's and as I stared into the frothy bowl I couldn't help think about foam fractionation. Once a reefer ALWAYS a reefer.

I have a hole in my pocket....

Turns out glass is an amorphous solid and not a liquid (these are not the same). The stories of old windows being thicker at the bottom and that glass flows slowly as a high viscous fluid is a myth.

It's a good example on how google and the rest of the internet is actually making people dumber :wink:
Don't believe everything you read over common sense.

A Myth? Then how come I have seen, and had, in older houses, window's that have slumped?

Old manufacturing methods resulted in inconsistent thickness and installation methods created the preference to place the thicker side down.

http://www.glassnotes.com/WindowPanes.html

http://www.thefoa.org/tech/glass.htm

WTF....there are two cats humping on my front lawn......:mmph:

During a lecture a linguistics professor said to his students, "In english, a double negative forms a positive. For example, 'He doesn't have no apples' actually means he does have apples. in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is actually still a negative. How ever, there is NO language in which a double positive can form a negative"

Just then, one of his students huffed and said "Yeah, right..."

Double post

lies for instance.

I once got really drunk while partying in vegas. which formed a marriage.

Ohh look, an Oreo cookie :P

Life sucks some times!

Why do we park on Driveway's and drive on Parkway's?

i wish i could win an Olympic medal....

have you ever noticed that when they keep you for "observation" no one really observes...

I wanna go home.

Tap your heels together 3 times and repeat after me.............Theres no place like HOME

Are Corals Nitrate Sinks or sources?

Yes, I do, finishing Day 12, 3 to go

Zero ambition today!!!

I cant believe I'm watching figure skating........*it would be more interesting if they gave them some pads and put them all on the ice at the same time*