Cycling new SW

[fishkidsmom]

I am looking for the numbers,,,ph,ammonia nitrate and salinity for a cyled tank. I cant seem to find these.. tank cyling for almost 3 weeks. nitrate is at 5.,ammonia 0 ph is 8.4 salinity 28 and live rock is coming back to life. Has new growth. thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

[Grins]

what is your nitrite?

 

[fishkidsmom]

Nitrite level

nitrite is 0

 

[fishkidsmom]

retested sw

Nitrite is o,ph is 8.4,Ammonia is .25,nitrate is 0, salinity is 1.022 ,sg is 29 this is two days later than last results. set up approx 3 weeks

 

[Reefscape]

Here are the average values...

• Ammonia NH3 – 0 (Zero)
• NitrITE NO2 – 0 (Zero)
• NitrATE NO3 – < 0.2 ppm (parts per million)
• pH – 8.1 to 8.4
• Alkalinity – 8 – 12 dKH
• Magnesium – 1250 – 1350 ppm
• Calcium – 350 – 450 ppm
• Phosphate PO4 - < 0.2 ppm
• Iodine – 0.06 – 0.10 ppm
• Strontium – 8 – 14 ppm

Info taken from the following article...

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1052285#post1052285

Niko

 

[fishkidsmom]

thanks so much

now thats the stuff I was looking for. Thanks so much.

 

[Reefscape]

Any questions on any of it, just post up...Were all here to help

Niko