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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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Its possible your going through a second smaller cycle.You get all this bacteria from the cycle,lots of Amonia being turned into Nitrites by one type of bacteria,then Nitites being turned into Nitrates by another type of bacteria.So then you have all these Nitates,and all those bacteria,but they are starving because to them, Nitrates are just waste.They starve and die,causeing Amonia,and starting a smaller cycle.Give it a bit more time,shouldn't take too much longer,there will still be some bacteria of each type so your not starting from square one.
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Ok
1: Added thin layer of sand.
2: added base rock + reef bones
3: left for christmas (9 days gone)
4:drained 1/2 the water and arranged the rocks
5:filled and added salt again (right after arranging the rocks)
6:left it for weeks
7:decided to test and see what it was doing - this was a couple weeks ago
8:decided last week to add some of my live rock to help it along

So that's what I did.... it's also at 75 degrees, ph is 8.2 and just has NO flourescent for now until everything gets moved over.

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