belatube
09-17-2007, 02:45 AM
Hello guys!
just registered today. and been listening to talkingreef for awhile on itunes and reefcast.
im in my cycling stages on my tank! and im very excited and soo hard to be patient but dont worry i have been! :up: my question is. i took robs advice to putting uncooked, season raw shrimp in my tank and left it in my tank for 3 days (by the ways it did turn orange like it was cooked.. this is normal im assuming right? my temp never got higher than 81 deg.
my question is.. its been 3 days since i took the shrimp out of the tank.. my nitrite level is still undetectable. how long does it usually take for me to start seeing any nitrite level to go up?
tank set up.. 34g cadlight.. 3 inch live sand bed along with 40 pounds of LR (cured)
heres my daily log of just amonia and nitrite.. ph been stable at 8.1 and salinity at 1.24 (using Instant ocean oceanmaster kit)
day 1 (placed shrimp)
ammonia 0 nitrite 0
day 3 (took out shrimp)
amonia 8 nitrite 0
day 4
amonnia 10 or higher nitrite 0... nitrate 1 (some reason der was a hint of nitrate already)
day 6
amonia 9 nitrite still 0...........
just registered today. and been listening to talkingreef for awhile on itunes and reefcast.
im in my cycling stages on my tank! and im very excited and soo hard to be patient but dont worry i have been! :up: my question is. i took robs advice to putting uncooked, season raw shrimp in my tank and left it in my tank for 3 days (by the ways it did turn orange like it was cooked.. this is normal im assuming right? my temp never got higher than 81 deg.
my question is.. its been 3 days since i took the shrimp out of the tank.. my nitrite level is still undetectable. how long does it usually take for me to start seeing any nitrite level to go up?
tank set up.. 34g cadlight.. 3 inch live sand bed along with 40 pounds of LR (cured)
heres my daily log of just amonia and nitrite.. ph been stable at 8.1 and salinity at 1.24 (using Instant ocean oceanmaster kit)
day 1 (placed shrimp)
ammonia 0 nitrite 0
day 3 (took out shrimp)
amonia 8 nitrite 0
day 4
amonnia 10 or higher nitrite 0... nitrate 1 (some reason der was a hint of nitrate already)
day 6
amonia 9 nitrite still 0...........