Barry Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Did you put in Cured Live rock? Where did you buy it from? If from the LFS then it's likely it wasn't cured, but if from another person's set up then it is more likely to have been cured. If you used cured LR then you're cycle will likely be very short. If not, then you should wait until your Nitrates, Nitrites and Ammonia are zero to add your fish. Some people add their clean up crew after a couple weeks, and shortly after that a couple of cheap fish, like Chromis or Damsels. Warning though, Damsels grow to be mean buggers. Someone once told me, that only bad things happen fast...so take your time and go slow! (I hate waiting...i'm so bad for it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted July 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Did you put in Cured Live rock? Where did you buy it from? If from the LFS then it's likely it wasn't cured, but if from another person's set up then it is more likely to have been cured. If you used cured LR then you're cycle will likely be very short. If not, then you should wait until your Nitrates, Nitrites and Ammonia are zero to add your fish. Some people add their clean up crew after a couple weeks, and shortly after that a couple of cheap fish, like Chromis or Damsels. Warning though, Damsels grow to be mean buggers. Someone once told me, that only bad things happen fast...so take your time and go slow! (I hate waiting...i'm so bad for it.) The 10 lbs of live rock i did purchase, was cured. Thanks for the info. we are super excited. Will post pics soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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