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Hello folks.. My 25g AIO is on the newer side relatively, but has been mostly stable after an initial cycle. I woke up today and overnight, my tank has exploded with white/clear strands, everywhere and on everything. At first I was worried it was something invasive, looking like individual...

Hey guys so I think my tank is finally cycled everything has dropped to 0 now should I add more of the ammonia from dr tims to 2ppm to see if it will drop to 0 again?

Hello I’ve been cycling my 40 gallon tank for more than 2 weeks. My ammonia has been around 0.25 for the past few days while my nitrite has been 0. My nitrates is 2.5 and it’s slowly going up 0.1-0.3 everyday. Is my tank ready for fish and should I do a water change?

Hey all. On Monday (9/23), I filled my new 47 gallon AIO. I added around 30 pounds of live rock (caribsea life rock from lfs) and 30 pounds of live sand. I added a bottle of Dr. Tim’s One and Only, then dosed ammonia (~80 drops Dr Tim’s ammonium chloride, I know the recommended on the bottle...

Long story short. When I started up my tank, I added too much ammonia because I was misreading my API test kits. I have since switched to Red Sea. Ammonia was sky high, I did about a 1/3 water change. Went away for a week. Came back, ammonia was even higher, Red Sea test came back blue, and...

Hello everyone, I will be documenting the whole process from initial set up over the next year or so. I have not had a reef tank in over 20 years and boy has a lot changed. Any advice or help is greatly appreciated. For now I have purchased the below items Reefer MAX 200 G2+ System 200W...

So I just started up my new tank. As a source of bacteria, I used Ocean Direct Live Sand and Dr. Tim's One and Only for Reef tanks. For ammonia, I used Dr. Tim's Ammonium Chloride. Tank is filled with saltwater at 1.025 specific gravity. Original water is RODI. I added the bacteria and ammonium...

Hello, I’m starting a new 40 gallon tank and I’m wondering if I can use live rock as a source of ammonia so I can add Dr Tim’s one and only nitrifying bacteria. If I can should I add the bacteria immediately?

Hey all, its been 6 months since I shut down my tanks and donated all of my corals and inhabitants along with selling my own home and uprooting my family to move to our paradise! With that being said I think it is fair time to start a new first build in our new home! I have found my passion and...

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Hi guys! Complete newbie to the reefing hobby.. I bought a Red Sea max nano 75ltrs 26 days ago cycled with Red Sea mature starter and everything went well.. brought a water sample to the shop I bought the tank off of and my water was good and cycled for its first CUC.. I got two shrimp and a...

Hi guys! Complete newbie to the reefing hobby.. I bought a Red Sea max nano 75ltrs 26 days ago cycled with Red Sea mature starter and everything went well.. brought a water sample to the shop I bought the tank off of and my water was good and cycled for its first CUC.. I got two shrimp and a...

I was just wondering if anyone has cultured their phyto under 24/7 light. I’ve seen the average light cycles people use is 12-12 or 16 on - 8 off. It’s not essential to turn off lights for some terrestrial plants although it can be beneficial for the substrate biomes I’ve read. But that’s...

Hi all, new here. I need some help from people that know what they are doing. Im on day 7 of the cycle for my tank ( Fluval evo 62L ) Im doing a fishless cycle ( Fritz ammonia and turbo start 9 ) on day 2 the ammonia went up 6ppm + and Nitrite was 2.0ppm and Nirrate was 2.0ppm. On day 5...

Hey. I made an embarrassing mistake. When I put in my new heater for my reef tank, I somehow forgot to put the temperature reading gauge in the tank to monitor the temp and base the heat off the gauge. Therefore my heater was constantly heating up and my tank ended up at 96°F… Thank god I was...

Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster! I have recently upgraded by tank from a roughly 35 gallon to a Red Sea Peninsula 350 G2. I have used the rock from the previous tank but all other equipment and sand etc is new. It has been running for about 9 days now and all seems well. However I...

Hi, I’m cycling my fish tank and I used Dr Tims one and only on Monday, i unfortunately fell ill and did not have access to my tank until today so there was no ammonium chloride being added to it. How do I go about cycling it now? Can I still start the cycle by adding the ammonium chloride...

Hello, I currently have a fluval and I have the bio cube I just need to stuff to fill it and filter it. In my Fluval, I have aphasia and bubble algae and I don't really want to deal with it in the bio cube. I have 16 pounds of live rock in there but like I said it has bubble algae and aphasia...

Hello, I currently have a fluval and I have the bio cube I just need to stuff to fill it and filter it. In my Fluval, I have aphasia and bubble algae and I don't really want to deal with it in the bio cube. I have 16 pounds of live rock in there but like I said it has bubble algae and aphasia...

Hey all! Been cycling my tank and it’s been all good up until the last 2 days. Nitrites are at 3ppm and nitrates are at 40. Nitrites had been consistently falling from 10ppm until yesterday. My tank processes ammonia in about 24 hours when I dose it up to test which I did for the first time...

Purchased Red Sea Max Nano aquarium. Started cycle 4 days ago. Using Red Sea Reef Mature Starter Kit. Used live sand and two large live rocks from LFS. On day 4, Ammonia 0; Nitrite 0; Nitrate 5. Seems to me it is cycled. If so, do I continue the cycle recipe in the Ref Mature manual? Or...

I’m about 2 weeks in to my cycle that started by dosing 1ppm ammonium chloride and used Dr tim’s one and only bacteria. when ammonia dropped to 0.25 each time i redosed ammonia waiting until it got broken down fully in 24 hours. My nitrite started to rise on day 2 and continued to (my salifert...

Hey everyone, I am cycling my first saltwater aquarium. My tag is a 35 gallon cube tank. I have a hang on the back filter. It has been cycling for about a week now I have live rock and live sand in the aquarium. I purchased Turbo start 900 and was wondering if it is too late to put the turbo...