Poorcollegereef
08/24/2006, 07:26 PM
So I am having an awesome time curing liverock. I know this is strange but when curing goes well, it is fun. I got my live rock shipment in tuesday from MarineDepot with the over night shipping. Only 11lb but I already have 18lb in a 20 gallon tank. I started my curing process a week (3 weeks if you included filter culturing) before I got the rock and this is what I did:
got 10gallon plastic tub from from wallyworld for 3.50
used a modified skilter skimmer w/ airpump and a cheap heater
filled the tub with water from my main tank (water I removed by water changes)
added some bioballs, biowheel, and filter sponges that werekept in the main tank to culture lots of bacteria
and finally added some saltwater biozyme powder stuff.
I let the tub sit for a week curning water
When I got the live rock, i rinsed it well in a bucket with old tankwater. I also did some really light brushing with a toothbrush
since tuesday my ammonia spiked wednesday between 1-2ppm and my nitrites spiked yesterday around 2ppm.
Today, my nitrites are .25 and ammonia is .5 (I doubled checked), so im excited because the cycling/curing is swinging down. my protien skimmer has stopped producing massive amounts of foam. Im thinking that the rock could be done by next tuesday if not eariler! Dont worry, i have cured live rock before and I will wait until my levels are 0.000000 before I think about adding it to my main tank but curing live rock in a week is exciting!
here is a pick from tuesday
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/poorcollegereef/Fish015-1.jpg
Any thoughts?
got 10gallon plastic tub from from wallyworld for 3.50
used a modified skilter skimmer w/ airpump and a cheap heater
filled the tub with water from my main tank (water I removed by water changes)
added some bioballs, biowheel, and filter sponges that werekept in the main tank to culture lots of bacteria
and finally added some saltwater biozyme powder stuff.
I let the tub sit for a week curning water
When I got the live rock, i rinsed it well in a bucket with old tankwater. I also did some really light brushing with a toothbrush
since tuesday my ammonia spiked wednesday between 1-2ppm and my nitrites spiked yesterday around 2ppm.
Today, my nitrites are .25 and ammonia is .5 (I doubled checked), so im excited because the cycling/curing is swinging down. my protien skimmer has stopped producing massive amounts of foam. Im thinking that the rock could be done by next tuesday if not eariler! Dont worry, i have cured live rock before and I will wait until my levels are 0.000000 before I think about adding it to my main tank but curing live rock in a week is exciting!
here is a pick from tuesday
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/poorcollegereef/Fish015-1.jpg
Any thoughts?