diatoms

[bv_reefer]

-thats what i was thinkin' but then andresont was tellin me 2 keep the water
changes to a minimum so i don't throw back my cycle, so i'm @ a standstill
right now

[Mik_101]

Originally Posted by marie

A few big water changes will help at this point as well

Originally Posted by bv_reefer

-thats what i was thinkin' but then andresont was tellin me 2 keep the water
changes to a minimum so i don't throw back my cycle, so i'm @ a standstill
right now

I did water changes during cycling and my diatoms were not that bad.

[bv_reefer]

it's not the diatoms i'm worried about its throwing back my cycling period
with a big water change, thats not productive @ all

[niloc16]

dont do a big water change just 10% a week

[Mik_101]

Originally Posted by niloc16

dont do a big water change just 10% a week

ya about 5-10% weekly is what is recommended anything more than that will just set you back in your cycle and you biolagical load.

[marie]

Water changes doesn't prolong the cycle. Every batch of live rock i have cured, I have done a 50% water change daily right from day 1 and i kept it up for as long as i was registering ammonia levels (approx 5 days). My theory is the bacteria are already present on the rock, the trick is to keep as many animals in the rock alive as I can and that means keeping the ammonia levels down. The longest it has taken for my nitrates to drop down below 10ppm was 3 weeks.

[Chaloupa]

THANKS for that Marie...it was an interesting read and really simple for the new reefer........

[bv_reefer]

-ya my nitrites are goin down after a week and doesn't look like i'm gonna get
an ammonia spike @ all so another couple weeks and i'll add some hardy fish maybe-