Day #7 🐠🔥
Unexpected update… the Flowerhorn is arriving EARLIER than expected tomorrow 😅📦🐟
The tank is still in the middle of the nitrogen cycle, but we’re seeing solid progress every day 👨🏻🔬
Current parameters:
• Ammonia: ~0.25 ppm
• Nitrite: ~1.0–2.0 ppm
• Nitrate: 5–10+ ppm
• pH: 7.6
✅ Crystal clear water
✅ Nitrites processing
✅ Nitrates increasing
✅ Heavy aeration & filtration running 24/7
✅ Pothos added for natural nitrate absorption 🌱
✅ Beneficial bacteria growing fast
At this point the tank is officially alive — now waiting for the nitrite spike to crash before full stabilization 💪
The Flowerhorn lands tomorrow morning before noon 👑🐠
So now it’s crunch time 😅
Cycling my new tank - I find the waiting the hardest. Nitrites are 0,5ppm and Nitrates are 5ppm.
I still need to get my lights and I’m having a hard time deciding.
Day #7 🐠🔥
Unexpected update… the Flowerhorn is arriving EARLIER than expected tomorrow 😅📦🐟
The tank is still in the middle of the nitrogen cycle, but we’re seeing solid progress every day 👨🏻🔬
Current parameters:
• Ammonia: ~0.25 ppm
• Nitrite: ~1.0–2.0 ppm
• Nitrate: 5–10+ ppm
• pH: 7.6
✅ Crystal clear water
✅ Nitrites processing
✅ Nitrates increasing
✅ Heavy aeration & filtration running 24/7
✅ Pothos added for natural nitrate absorption 🌱
✅ Beneficial bacteria growing fast
At this point the tank is officially alive — now waiting for the nitrite spike to crash before full stabilization 💪
The Flowerhorn lands tomorrow morning before noon 👑🐠
So now it’s crunch time 😅
Day #6 🐠🔥
The Flowerhorn tank is officially entering the nitrite spike phase of the nitrogen cycle 🔬
Current parameters:
• Ammonia: 0.25 ppm
• Nitrite: 1.0 ppm
• Nitrate: 0.50+ ppm
• pH: 7.6
Good signs:
✅ Beneficial bacteria growing
✅ Ammonia dropping
✅ Nitrates appearing
✅ Crystal clear water
✅ Heavy filtration & oxygenation running 24/7
Now we wait for the nitrites to fall and the ecosystem to stabilize before the Flowerhorn arrives 👑🐟
Slow process… but worth doing right 💯
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My first set up newbie…. Currently finishing up the cycling process
pH: 8.0–8.2
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0–0.25 ppm
Nitrate: 0–5 ppm
Week 5 and 6! I have definitely learned a lot the last 2 weeks with the help of some amazing experts in the field. They were hard to find as not a lot of people that are sellers take marine husbandry serious. My parameters were stalling and the advice to add more of the RIGHT bio media and some more bacteria saw my nitrites drop within 24 hours finishing my cycle. Some more water changes to come before fish but my first corals are in deviating from the original two planned to allow some learning. Mushrooms allowed me to learn corals opening and closing, rocks and frag plugs and what glue works and doesn’t; which corals can be glued to frags and which can’t and a whole lot of trial and error before getting things right.
Week 3 and 4! Diatoms everywhere! Massive KH drop forcing a mid cycle water change. Understanding KH and the role of KH/PH in cycling was a massive learning curve for me! Hopefully nitrites continue to drop to 0! Ammonia at 0! Should be cycled in a week or so!
Water change Saturdays soon looking to add some colorful corals but my nitrite crept back in I think to much food for Zoey
It’s been a long journey since December 20th with my first saltwater tank. Many battles and an ammonia struggle but all a learning process. Fixed all issues and fish are thriving. Tank is finally going through the dirty phase. Nitrites and nitrates still at 0 and ammonia at 0 so hoping we start seeing a shift.
Picture of my tuxedo making my coral mad for attention😂
I need help‼️
Sorry for the long post
My tank is about 3 months old.. added my coral and fish after the initial cycle to where my ammonia dissipates 2ppm in about 2-3 days. I added fish and corals about a month ago. My soft corals are doing AWESOME, growing! The sps coral not so well. I screwed up though, I have a canister filter (see why people avoid them now) and I cleaned my filters (not the media) after the diatoms started to turn green. I think I have accidentally restarted the cycle... if you look at my parameters, I can "overfeed" and in a couple days my ammonia spikes, dissipates, then It seems to not turn to nitrites to be able to turn into nitrates... how do I get nitrates?
After a cycle stall and sky high nitrites, the tank is finally cycled at 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites. Time to add some fish!!
What do I do I think my cycle has stalled water test have not moved in a week new reef tank cycle fishless dr Tim’s method?
Everything was going so good i had snails and i got a goby fish with a lid and the goby looks like it’s stressed and isn’t coming out from under the rock and one of the snails died my nitrite and nitrate are high and i did a water change and they are still high what should i do?