UPDATE:
Hey all,
Setting up my first saltwater tank after a massive amount of research on these internets. Anyway, I finally got all my testing kits together except for Calcium and Phosphates after having live rock in the tank for five days. Parameters are as follows:
Ammonia: 0-0.5 (about halfway between colour bars on the chart)
Nitrates: 10
Nitrites: 0.2
KH: 180
PH: ~8
I'm really confused about these numbers as it looks like the tank might be nearing the end of the cycle. Is this at all normal for parameters this early in a nano?
Using RO/DI water and 15lbs of bagged live sand as well.
Our lone LFS in the area is one of the best though, and they keep all of the rock in a large heated rubbermaid container without any light and lots of flow. The guy at the store said that some of their customers have had rock cycle within 10 days. Regardless the incredulity of such a fast, I completely trust Colby and Gustavo - they're some of the most knowledgeable people I've ever met about this hobby and they've helped me out since I started researching in June. Incidently, I'll put a plug out for them anyway - hit
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