IM Nuvo Peninsula 14

[reefy]

Day #10
NH3=0.5
NO2=0.1
NO3=2
wierd, I didn’t see a spike on NO2

[crimper]

Hey Sean, you're cycling and you added chaeto??? You should have cycled your tank first before adding chaeto.

[reefy]

update.. today is day 24th.
on the final stage of cyclying, algae blooming CUC is mowing at it right now.. have been dosing MB7 everyday, did a 50% water change 4 days ago dont know why my Nitrate is VERY high between 50-100 NH3 and NO2 is almost undetectable.... now what should i do to reduce the high nitrate? I have to transfer my livestock from the other tank very soon cuz my otherhalf has been bitching me for that for the past 10 days... should i perform another wc? or go get some NO3 dosing liquid?

[Reyphox]

If ammonia is zero, you can probably hold back on dosing MB7 and let the bacteria currently in your tank stabilize in population. Water changes bring down nitrates the fastest. 50% water change will remove 50% of the nitrates. If your nirates are still rising, even with only CUC as your livestock, you have something rotting in your tank. Possibly organics on the rocks that have to work their way out, or your bacterial cultures are dying off, possibly from adding too much MB7 which brings me back to letting the bacteria stabilize in your tank.