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Old 02-12-2006, 11:17 PM
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ok thanks alot =)

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Old 02-13-2006, 12:14 AM
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And if you use a water treatment like prime - you may get a false positive reading.

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Old 02-13-2006, 12:23 AM
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No I don't use prime or anything... I added some cycle awhile ago ...last week.
Anyway I just did some more tests and it says
Ammonia - 0.25
Nitrite - 0.5
Nitrate - 10

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Old 02-13-2006, 12:26 AM
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My Aquarium Systems nitrate and nitrite tests never ever detected anything. The fish and inverts don't seem to mind atm.
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Old 02-13-2006, 12:36 AM
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With those readings your tank is still cycling. It's just one of those things. I have actually never had it take that long but then again I usually start out with new live rock which has quite a bit of die off as I have to ship everything. So I get a huge ammonia spike and then the usual nitrite and nitrate. I would not add anything else like cycle as I think you might have just started it all over again. Not sure though as I have never used it.
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Old 02-13-2006, 12:39 AM
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I started with base rock and reef bones. The cycle was taking forever so I added some live rock from my 44. Thought it would help it along but I guess not...
Anything I can do to speed it up?
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Old 02-13-2006, 01:57 AM
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Maybe if you walked us through your exact process we could help you out better.

Did you start with only baserock and reef bones? Anything else? How long was it before you added any LR? Etc.
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A lot of test kits have shelf lives. I suspect that yours is expired. How much do you feed?
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Old 02-14-2006, 09:39 AM
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well it's brand new with no livestock so =p But usually 2 pinches of food...
I usually sit there and watch them eat it and when they it all I give them a litlte more.
Do you think maybe I should not do that in this take when everything is switched out....hrmmm

well i'm going to picking up more of a clean crew as well this week. I don't have much of one in my 44 right now...

how on earth am i going to get all my snails out of there???
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