cycling???

The nitrites levels aren't a big concern. Nitrites are not toxic in saltwater, while ammonia is highly toxic. So, looks like the tank is starting to stabilize--that's good! :) Once the ammonia starts dropping, it tends to go quickly.
 
thanks to you,oriongirl and max, otherwise i think i would of lost my fish. y'all were very helpful.this forum LIVE ROCKS and so do YOU!!!! :D :D :D :dance
 
Nitrite is virtually non-toxic in SW, along with Nitrate (its not a real big concern with FOWLR, ***ile inverts are more vulnurable to Nirite and Nitrate as opposed to fish and more hardy inverts), but the high PH makes Ammonia alot more toxic then a neutral or acidic PH as seen in FW. So any detectable ammonia is bad :)
 
horner420 said:
Justed noticed clearish white tentacles coming out of my one live rock...any ideas?
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I had the same thing from my live rock. Turned out to be spaghetti worms which I was told are a good thing to have in your tank as the feed on the waste that is in there. Do a search for spaghetti worms and see if you can find a pic of one that looks like what is in your tank.
Let us know what you find out,

Bradd
 
could be them not to sure though....pics i've seen have many tentacles...mine has two that i've seen...but it does look like that's what it is...

btw tank still has high amm....just seems not to what to complete...like it to finish soon, need some more snails for algea clean up....oh well hopefully it comes soon :) patience seems to be the key with sw :rolleyes:
 
Very similar problem

I have been following this thread as I have had a very similar problem cycling my 75 gal tank. I followed my LFS advice on cycling it and think I may have payed the price for it. I knew they were wrong, but they insisted I do it their way for it to work. Anyway, here is the story. I put six damsels in for the cycling process. I used lace rock and play sand for the current decor and substrate. The only live rock availble to me is at minimum $50+ a rock. So back to the story. They said to put the damsels in and just let it go. Do not do any water changes until you show zero for your Ammonia and Nitrite. Then do your water change. I knew right away that was wrong, but I figured, they are the experts, I will do what they say. Well, four weeks later, I have no damsels (all dead by week two) and two I could not find after their death. I think this is where my biggest problem started. My ammonia was up to 5ppm and my nitrite and nitrate were extremely high as well. These levels remained the same for two weeks now. The ammonia would not drop whatsoever. I moved all my rock to see if I could find the fish that died, but never could find them. So I have no dead fish in my tank, as they must have decomposed completely already. I decided to try what was said in this thread. I hope I didn't do wrong again, but I tried a 50% water change. That seemed to have worked partially. I was still just below 5ppm. So I got really mad and decided I would do an almost 100% water change. Basically down to the sand. This was last night. Put the new water in and decided to check the ammonia level right away just to see what it said with the new water. I am finally down to 3ppm now. How many water changes do I need to do before I get this ammonia under control? I have brown algae all over my tank, rocks, and sand. After my water change last night, the algae on my glass turned green.
Please help me if you can. Oh, I almost forgot to add that I bought some of that live sand in a bag around week two to see if that would help bring the ammonia down. It wasn't much, but I figured I would try something. Thanks for your time.
 
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well Big, it's not fun getting the wrong instructions is it..i was ready to KIll my father after what i had learned here, but what they say is true. I did about 5 days of 50% water changes and it was still pretty high, but it kept my fish alive and now it has seemed to have done exactly what they said(it has sped up the cycling). I am now at .25 amm and the rest is sure to follow. Lot's of pulling my hair out but it worked...i too have the brown algea(diatoms) so as soons as it finishes i'm getting a wrecking crew for that problem...it's tough but hang in there....
 
Since you no longer have any fish in the tank, let it continue to cycle as is--the bacteria will develop to consume the ammonia, and the rest will go down as well. Just be patient-it will happen.
 
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