magik's 29 oceanic Biocube

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by magikof7

I went to trade in my Trite test kit and ended up having to take an API he was out of the Elos and salifert was expired in 09! lol

Im going to Order an Elos test kit online. for now the API will have to do.

tested at 8 pm tonight. Day 6
Ammonia - 0
Nitrate is falling. It measures between 10 - 25 ppm. It is a lot lighter than yesterday.
Nitrite is between 0 - 0.25 The blue is about the color of a blue freezie lol.

for nitrate and amonia ....api is prefered by alot of reefers, the amonia test for api is one the best you can really be using, and nitrate tests all around are all kind the same quality so go for the cheapy cheapy lol :P:P

i use elos for the rest

[magikof7]

I have not been doing anything for filtration, as I understood you didn't want to have any media or the skimmer going while cycling.

I am having trouble with the fit of my skimmer and the media basket, I need to raise the water level in the back chamber to accomodate them. Or forget the media basket.

I had to forgo the Fuge when I was setting up because of the tank twisting. I had intended to have another one ordered by now but my son has been pretty sick and now I have it lol. Figures. Think Ill try to get out tomorrow and get it ordered.

ok, I am getting mixed reviews on test kits. I asked in the forum and most said Elos or Salifert. I went with Elos. I understood that API was not very accurate. the only API I have is the Trite test.

No I havent tested po4 but I do have the test kit. I will do that.

Using gfo do I need a reactor?

Thank you Coralgurl. I will go out and see what I can find for a CUC.

I appreciate all of your help!