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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?

Here are my test on day 15 used dr tims one and only and it’s ammonia source just wanted some others opinion on how it’s doing

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?

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?

Cycling my tank and using api test kit,with microbctar xlm with dr times ammonia, it’s been 9 days my ammonia went down but still no nitrite showing when I test it . How long dose it take for the nitrite to show up?

Hello all, Glad to get into this hobby finally. After many hours of labor and dollar signs I finally have my system running. Its a 85 Gallon shallow tank with a 15 gallon sump below. I have a skimmer running 24/7 and tons of dry rock in the sump. I just added 2 live rock bricks from my friends...

i getting a bottle of microbacter start xlm, but i can not get the Microbacter QuickCycl, so ended up getting the dr tims ammonia, are they the same? , and do i add the ammonia 1st right then add the bacter xlm after the ammonia depending on tank size.

I am getting supplies to cycle my 180gallon tank. For a fishless cycle, if I went with Dr Times, 4 drops per gallon x 200 (can’t forget the sump) is 800drops. Figure 2 drops per once that is 40oz of ammonium chloride. However, Dr Timms says a 4oz bottle will do 200 gallons. Am I missing something?

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 everyone! Exciting to be on this forum after seeing this from the 5 minutes series on YouTube. I am moving house in 2 months time and was thinking of starting only then. However, I noticed the cycling period may take around 6 weeks before I can introduce fish/corals. I came from freshwater...

Hello everyone. I would like to ask a question about the cycling of my tank. It has been running for two weeks, and I bought live rock from the local aquarium store. For the first ten days, the NH3 level was 0 and NO2 was 0.1. Last Friday, I removed the live rock from the tank for aquascaping...

In this video the CADE reef tank build gets cycled with beneficial bacteria. How to cycle a reef tank in 1-2 weeks using Nitrocycle, Turbostart 900 and PNS Substrate Sauce. Live nitrifying bacteria Product links in the description of the video on YouTube: And 2 years later the tank is doing...

Hello fellow reefers, iam new at this hobby and from the start things going pretty interesting. I started my 30 gallon aquarium a month and a week ago, still isnt cycled. Things that are happening are these: When i started i decided to do shrimp method so u put 2 small shrimps in my tank and...

As title suggests; Started a cycle in my 33gallon with life rock, arag alive sand. Dosed turbostart 900 alongside Fritz Fishless Fuel. Recorded 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites after 12 days. Proceeded to dose 2ppm ammonia so I could try and measure Ammonia & Nitrite to 0 again within 24 hours before...

Hello Reef2Reef Community! As I was cleaning my tank yesterday, I realized that in two months it will be 1 year in this hobby! I was thinking about how much I have learned throughout this experience and how many errors I have made along the way because I was not properly educated. Some of my...

Started a tank this fall and finished cycling with a few clown fish in September. I have been adding a few more fish since and in November I had my first bout with cloudy water. After about two weeks or so with no change in cloudiness I setup ozone and within 72 hours at low levels it cleared...

I just finished cycling a 10g tank that I want to use for macroalgae only. I have chaetogrow, neophos, and neonitro. In addition to dosing those, do I need some kind of ammonia source so the beneficial bacteria don’t die or does that not matter….or is neonitro that ammonia/ nitrogen source for...

I'm upgrading to a 125 with trigger system 32 sump/refugium. Was experimenting with how quickly I could cycle so tried the following: - 120 pounds of live sand (crushed coral ~3in) - 135lbs of live rock from a 15 year old system. tons of stuff i've observed on these rocks including some ugly...

My aquarium is brand new, only about 3 days old at this point, and a stomatella snail that hitchhiked from live rock just died. I tested my water at the store today and the results were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate, 0.5 phosphate, and 1.026 salinity. The lfs worker told me the salinity may be...

Hello! New to the forum and just got my first ‘big’ tank! Ive been running a Fluval Evo Marine (50L) for a few years and just manage to upgrade to a RedSea Reefer 250! Just began my cycle using Red Sea Mature Pro, although not convinced I’m doing it right since my Amonia (0.50ppm), Nitrite...

Hi, So I started to cycle my tank September 16 and I added some Fritz Turbo Start 900 that was for 100 gallons my tank is roughly 60 gallons minus the rock and other media. I haven’t done a water change and I use Brighwell ammonia. I have some fish coming tomorrow. What can I do to make it easy...

Hey. I have over 150 lbs of 10-15 year old live rock in Chicago area. While a ton of original life on it is gone, it is perfect for a cycle or extra rocks for scaping. I will not separate, I just want it all gone. If you are local, and willing to pick it up, dm me. I don't want much for it...

Hello. I just finished cycling my Biocube 32. I used bottle bacteria (two brands) and fed it one round of ammonium chloride. Cycle went pretty much as expected over the course of 17 days -- ammonia and Nitrite were at 0 (with API) and at 0 and 0.2 using Salifert, respectively. Nitrate was over...

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So I started cycling my 15 gallon last Thursday night using the whole FritzZyme Turbo Start 900 1oz bottle and a cap full of Dr. Tim’s ammonia. That Sunday I added two hermit crabs and 2 turbo snails along with algae wafers for them to feed on (all are doing fine) . So today I tested my water...