Is my tank cycling ? - Page 2

shifty51008 · 05/01/2012, 01:32 AM

small spots? did it look like he had salt sprayed on him? if so it could be ich

flea1 · 05/01/2012, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by shifty51008

small spots? did it look like he had salt sprayed on him? if so it could be ich

No, it's more like small little light pink spots on the side of his body, it's very hard to explain, but I definitely need to get this dude out.

kingevil · 05/01/2012, 02:01 PM

spots aren't good. take him back and yell at that profanity removed from the lfs. i'd raise hell and try to get some store credit.

flea1 · 05/05/2012, 12:00 AM

Hey guys I just wanted to give you a quick update, I returned the fish on Thursday morning and I got store credit, ended up picking up a purple fire fish, the fish is doing good and he comes out whenever he sees light, he also loves frozen food but it's not a big fan of the Spectrum pellets, also I think the tank cycled, ammonia is still zero and nitrite it's undetectable through the top, but if I do a high sensitivity test (according to salifert instruction, the high sensitivity test is for cycled tanks and ponds) I get 0.05, so I'm guessing the cycle is finished, if you guys disagree please let me know, I'm going to do a 10 gallon water change tomorrow, to get my pH up and my nitrates down, Will post a picture of the fish soon, thanks for all your help guys.

This is with room lights, LED's are not over the tank yet.

mariahcolleen · 05/05/2012, 01:20 PM

ooh I like the fire fish! Im thinking about one for my tank.

flea1 · 05/05/2012, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mariahcolleen

ooh I like the fire fish! Im thinking about one for my tank.

Thanks man, his a very cool fish, but he is a Jumper so if you get one you need to cover the top of your tank.

TheAquatard · 05/05/2012, 03:12 PM

Glad to see you aren't having any problems. From those pics it looks like your using dry rock. Just be careful adding new fish, you don't want to do it too fast. You want the bio filter to grow in your tank, dumping 5 fish in at once could easily over ride it and youre not gonna have a good time

flea1 · 05/05/2012, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAquatard

Glad to see you aren't having any problems. From those pics it looks like your using dry rock. Just be careful adding new fish, you don't want to do it too fast. You want the bio filter to grow in your tank, dumping 5 fish in at once could easily over ride it and youre not gonna have a good time

Thanks man, I have 2 clowns on hold because I didn't want to add them at the same time, they are holding them for me till the 15th, I think I'm going to setup a QT for them so I don't have to add them to my DT for another 3+ weeks, then I'm waiting a month befor adding anything else to the tank.

05/01/2012, 01:32 AM	#26
shifty51008 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 4,064	small spots? did it look like he had salt sprayed on him? if so it could be ich __________________ 75 gal. mixed DT, 100 gal. sump, 50 gal. fuge, dual 250 watt MH's icecap ballasts, XM 20k's, 2 - 110 watt super atanics, 2-tunze 6000's with a 7095 controller, ranco dual temp controller, MR2 skimmer ran with Mak 4 pump, pinpoint pH monitor, marine magic dual dosing pump, pcx 40 return pump, dual MR5 media reactors for carbon and GFO, purelyH20 optima pro RODI unit w/dual BRS Di unit, aquahub ATO fish/inverts: 2-occ. clowns, 1-banggaii cardinal, 1 tiger tail cuke, 2 RBTA, mix of nass, cerths, and Banded Trochus snails, pair of skunk cleaner shrimp corals: 1 elegance coral, 1-bubble corals, 1 green toadstool leather, 1 green with pruple tip frogspawn, 1 acans, 1 green cap, 2 Chalice

05/01/2012, 02:01 PM	#28
kingevil Moved On Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: phx/east valley Posts: 934	spots aren't good. take him back and yell at that profanity removed from the lfs. i'd raise hell and try to get some store credit. Last edited by Nanook; 05/15/2012 at 06:48 PM.

05/05/2012, 12:00 AM	#29
flea1 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 25	Hey guys I just wanted to give you a quick update, I returned the fish on Thursday morning and I got store credit, ended up picking up a purple fire fish, the fish is doing good and he comes out whenever he sees light, he also loves frozen food but it's not a big fan of the Spectrum pellets, also I think the tank cycled, ammonia is still zero and nitrite it's undetectable through the top, but if I do a high sensitivity test (according to salifert instruction, the high sensitivity test is for cycled tanks and ponds) I get 0.05, so I'm guessing the cycle is finished, if you guys disagree please let me know, I'm going to do a 10 gallon water change tomorrow, to get my pH up and my nitrates down, Will post a picture of the fish soon, thanks for all your help guys. This is with room lights, LED's are not over the tank yet. Last edited by flea1; 05/05/2012 at 12:14 AM.

05/05/2012, 01:20 PM	#30
mariahcolleen Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Alabama Posts: 64	ooh I like the fire fish! Im thinking about one for my tank.

05/05/2012, 03:12 PM	#32
TheAquatard Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 274	Glad to see you aren't having any problems. From those pics it looks like your using dry rock. Just be careful adding new fish, you don't want to do it too fast. You want the bio filter to grow in your tank, dumping 5 fish in at once could easily over ride it and youre not gonna have a good time