Hi all.
Thanks for all the friendly advice so far. This is my current curiosity: I have a salt water tank set up, and I think it is what you call "Cycling" currently. Live rock has been in the tank for 2 days, and I believe it will be up to 4 weeks before i can put any living thing in the tank....
30 lbs of "Vanauatu" base rock
10 lbs of Tongan live rock
Chemical tests as follows:
PH - 8.0
Alkalinity - 10
Nitrite - 0.02 mg/L
Nitrate - 0.05 mg/L
Ammonia - 0.2 mg/L - (is this a normal spike? Should i expect higher before it's over?)
Tank Temperature - 26 Celsius
When can I introduce my cleaning crew? How bout the first fish?
Any other advice for a noob is welcome. Thanks again!