My 30gal FOWLR/Reef Log

[ooja3k]

ph - 8.2
ammo - .25
trites - .25
trates - 10

i found some like spongelike growths on some of my live rock... are these good/bad/ doesn't matter within your tank???

here are some pics...

 

[Grins]

Harmless from the looks of it and will probably be starved out but if they bother you remove them. I like the pieces of rock you have. Do you have enough room on the sides to slip a cleaner or magfloat between the rock and glass? It makes life easier when it comes to cleaning the tank.

 

[BMorgan]

Nice tank man! Really looks awesome. I really like the way you have aquascaped it.

 

[ooja3k]

thats for the comments!!

ya, on the sides i have enough room to clean the glass...

i can't wait to get a ton of inverts in there munchin away!!!

cmon cycle!!

 

[ooja3k]

so i checked my water again...

ammo - 0
trites - .25
trates - 20

my uncured rock has been in the tank with dead sand for about a week now... and the rotting shrimp has been in for three days...

shouldn't i see a ammo spike???

 

[ooja3k]

bump^

 

[Grins]

You haven't seen any ammonia at all?

 

[clown-lover]

If you haven't seen ammonia yet, I'd go to using bottled ammonia.

 

[Andrew_Murphy]

Does the level of nitrates signify that there has been a ammonia spike?

 

[ooja3k]

Does the level of nitrates signify that there has been a ammonia spike?

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i was away for 4 days... before i came back and tested my water...

the shrimp that i put in 3 days ago... (so 7 days so far total).. has definitely begun rotting... nice white sac around the hoes...

the only thing that holds me back from saying my cycle might have been short is the fact that from what i have read, a large diatom bloom will occur right around the end of the cycle.. i haven't seen that yet...


could i just have one of those instances??


current parameters:

sg: 1.023
ph: 8.4
ammo: 0
trites: .25
trates: 30-40