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qualityREEFER
12/28/2008, 05:47 PM
Ok so here is the problem besides the fact that i am new to the hobby.Ihave a 30Gnano i stared my cycle with 40lb LS probably not live it was bagged and 25LB of fully cured rock from my LFS.I have let my tank cycle for 3 weeks and was testing for ammonia and nitrites and they were at 0 or unreadable,i went on the RC chat like and someone told me to put a peic of raw shrimp in the tank for about 10 hour i did,no i am getting a reading of ammonia between 1.0 and2.0 my nitrites are about.50 and my nirates are 20 is this normal when you first start the cycle or did i just force a ammonia spike??????? ANY TIPS WOULD HELP PLEASE......