320g build/journey/experiment DIY :-)

[Greenmaster]

I'm sure there are more people following but I'm just not getting much response... oh well...

So here is an update on my water parameters.
After 2 days these are my current levels.

Ammonia 0.6
Nitrite 0.2
Nitrate 5

I did use an additive by Seachem... it's called Stability® here is a quote off the bottle: "...contains synergistic blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria..."
I don't know why they put it like that... by the sounds of it it's all one type of bacterium.

[Chaloupa]

For controllers I really like my Neptune.......

I used Hagen's Cycle when I did the 300g at work...and it really did speed up the cycle very well! Never tried it before, and will use it again as it was great!

[Trabby]

Looking awesome! Can't wait to see more!

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

For controllers I really like my Neptune.......

I used Hagen's Cycle when I did the 300g at work...and it really did speed up the cycle very well! Never tried it before, and will use it again as it was great!

+1 on the controller and +1 on the Cycle

[Scubasteve23]

its really starting to come together.. how much longer u figure before ull be able to start stocking it?

[Greenmaster]

Originally Posted by Scubasteve23

its really starting to come together.. how much longer u figure before ull be able to start stocking it?

I almost got a fish yesterday... I will be stocking it with my first batch of fish as soon as my LFS puts in a new fish order. (I still may add a fish or two early...)

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Greenmaster

I did use an additive by Seachem... it's called Stability® here is a quote off the bottle: "...contains synergistic blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria..."
I don't know why they put it like that... by the sounds of it it's all one type of bacterium.

no that would be more than one type of backteria, one for anerobic, one for aerobic, and then the other one. could be 30 different type, or could be 3.

I get a kick out of there discription to. had to look up synergistic to see how they were using it. they must have paid some one to make that sound nice as the actual meaning is
"...contains our hypothesis of how we thing they should act blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria..."

Steve

[Greenmaster]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

no that would be more than one type of backteria, one for anerobic, one for aerobic, and then the other one. could be 30 different type, or could be 3.

I get a kick out of there discription to. had to look up synergistic to see how they were using it. they must have paid some one to make that sound nice as the actual meaning is
"...contains our hypothesis of how we thing they should act blend of aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative bacteria..."

Steve

... it could be one kind or it could be 1 million all I was saying is they didn't need to put the "facultative" on there... a facultative bacterium can be both aerobic and anaerobic... they just switch processes when the oxygen is depleted.

[Greenmaster]

Parameter update.

Ammonia is at 0 (or very close)
Nitrites are at 0 (there may be some slight color but not even a 10th the color of the lowest reading)
Nitrates are dropping... it's at less then 5 now... I would say 2 or 2.5
PH is at 8.1-8.3... hard to tell.
I will have KH and Calcium tests tomorrow.

[delo978]

parameters looking good, I always find PH and phosphate really hard to read so I test them just as a backup but generally not worried if my tank is thriving.