iteched
06/17/2015, 01:12 PM
Hi Everyone,
I'm setting up a FOWLER tank and have a cycling question:
Current Tank Stats:
55 Gallon no sump - currently have two big marine-land HOB filters.
50 lbs of "Marco" dry rock.
20 lbs of "live" rock purchased from the LFS.
25 lbs of Aragonite "live" sand (the best buy date was March 2016).
about 20lbs of "dry" sand.
Salt mix (Instant Ocean Reef Crystals - got the big bucket for ~$30 on sale at Petsmart - :-))
However, When I started the tank it only had the 20lbs of LFT "live" rock and 50lbs of crushed coral.
I replaced the CC with the sand when I put in the dry rock.
It's been two weeks with the live sand and added dry rock and I'm not seeing any cycling indicators. I'm using the very basic API kit (all the LFS had - haven't ordered the better stuff yet).
I threw in a cube of frozen blood worms about a week ago.
Ammonia, Nitrate, and Nitrite levels are all "0". PH is 8.2
My salinity is a bit high "1.026". I dropped some fresh water in this morning and will test again this evening to see where it is now.
I've been testing every other day for the last few days (about 4 tests so far).
Any advice? Hopefully it is just going slow or maybe already has cycled?
Thanks so much! This forum is fantastic.
I'm setting up a FOWLER tank and have a cycling question:
Current Tank Stats:
55 Gallon no sump - currently have two big marine-land HOB filters.
50 lbs of "Marco" dry rock.
20 lbs of "live" rock purchased from the LFS.
25 lbs of Aragonite "live" sand (the best buy date was March 2016).
about 20lbs of "dry" sand.
Salt mix (Instant Ocean Reef Crystals - got the big bucket for ~$30 on sale at Petsmart - :-))
However, When I started the tank it only had the 20lbs of LFT "live" rock and 50lbs of crushed coral.
I replaced the CC with the sand when I put in the dry rock.
It's been two weeks with the live sand and added dry rock and I'm not seeing any cycling indicators. I'm using the very basic API kit (all the LFS had - haven't ordered the better stuff yet).
I threw in a cube of frozen blood worms about a week ago.
Ammonia, Nitrate, and Nitrite levels are all "0". PH is 8.2
My salinity is a bit high "1.026". I dropped some fresh water in this morning and will test again this evening to see where it is now.
I've been testing every other day for the last few days (about 4 tests so far).
Any advice? Hopefully it is just going slow or maybe already has cycled?
Thanks so much! This forum is fantastic.