Cycleing impatience, what gives!?

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Originally Posted by christyf5

Is this a monster tank? I'd say the life in your tank just wasn't enough to create a "real" cycle. A bit of an ammonia spike as you stated wouldn't really be enough to create much of a spike in nitrates either.
Chuck in a couple of cocktail shrimp. 3 chromis aren't going to do much to cycle a bunch of dead rock and some "live" sand. You need them to either poop more or add the poop yourself (in the way of the cocktail shrimp ).


Just my two cents

This is what I wondering as well. It's a 230g tank an a 90g sump. I was kinda thinking 3 chromis wasn't going to cut it. I think I might go find some shrimp