48 x 24 x 18 Reef Log

[Paraboy]

Excellent as a newb its what ive been looking for i shal make it this post my SW bible, Does that make you god? lol

p.s thanks for help yesturday also as you said with your lr maybe doing job on ammonia could this be why mine has not spiked also as my lr looked to be very well established

 

[Catpicklesdog]

Gahhhhh.....Currently waiting for some pure ammonia to arrive to test the tank...Thanks Schigara for the ammount suggestion....

All the diatom has gone now and the odd bit of green algae has formed in patches, which does suggest to me that its in the right direction..

Was given a coral yesterday, and is currently sitting in the nano...A rock "full" of rhodactis indosinensis...There is about 30 odd shrooms on the rock...here is a pic....I have some fragging to do

Just let me know when you've fragged those little babies:grinyes:

 

[Reefscape]

Excellent as a newb its what ive been looking for i shal make it this post my SW bible, Does that make you god? lol

p.s thanks for help yesturday also as you said with your lr maybe doing job on ammonia could this be why mine has not spiked also as my lr looked to be very well established

Thanks for the kind comments...I'll help anytime dude, just ask...And no, not a god, just a mear mortal serving the needs of the Monster Aquaria Network

Yours could well be, however, doing as i mentioned will be your best step forward....

Just let me know when you've fragged those little babies:grinyes:

Concider it done Ali...I'll sort you 3 or 4 frags out on a lump of rock...

 

[salty420]

niko i agree that the lr is taking care of the ammonia, i had no cycle at all when i upgraded to the 75g using my old LR and adding a lot more new LR.

that shroom rock is very very nice

 

[Reefscape]

As an update, i tried the pure ammonia, as Schigara suggested on the ammount, and it goes....I put this in last night before i went to bed, tested the water this morning, all gone, so, within what, 8 hours, all converted through the process....This has confirmed my thoughts....Cleanup crew time me reckons very shortly...Ro water started off for a large water change....

 

[Catpicklesdog]

Excellent news. Get those little critters in!

 

[salty420]

sounds great! nothing like getting things into the tank nice and quick!

 

[journey0820]

I agree. Because the rock was from an established tank the beneficial bacteria has remained. A bit like when I upgraded my tank - just took it out of one and chucked it in another. I never had much of a cycle with that.

It will be interesting to see how it handles pure ammonia though!

This whole series of posts have been super helpful. My cycle has also been strange like this too and these explanations make sense.

 

[Catpicklesdog]

Reefscape, if you don't mind I'd like to just point something out for any new folks to the hobby. Feel free to move or delete if you wish:grinyes:

As Reefscape has pointed out, his rock came from an established tank, which is why there was no real cycle. But he's let it run for a couple of weeks first to make sure, and adding the ammonia was to make absolutely sure.:grinyes:

My point is this: If someone sells you rock as fully cured, don't takle their word for it and start adding livestock. Let it settle for a couple of weeks and test on a regular basis to make sure. If you really want to know if your tank can handle the bio load, then put in som pure ammonia like Reefscape did to make sure. That way you'll know that your tank is truly ready to go and even then take it slowly.

 

[Reefscape]

Reefscape, if you don't mind I'd like to just point something out for any new folks to the hobby. Feel free to move or delete if you wish:grinyes:

As Reefscape has pointed out, his rock came from an established tank, which is why there was no real cycle. But he's let it run for a couple of weeks first to make sure, and adding the ammonia was to make absolutely sure.:grinyes:

My point is this: If someone sells you rock as fully cured, don't takle their word for it and start adding livestock. Let it settle for a couple of weeks and test on a regular basis to make sure. If you really want to know if your tank can handle the bio load, then put in som pure ammonia like Reefscape did to make sure. That way you'll know that your tank is truly ready to go and even then take it slowly.

Good post :headbang2: