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Hi, Noob here again My water is slowly starting to get cloudy? I just want to make sure everything is fine from the community When I turn off the flow a lot of the bigger white specs move and twich, but there are a lot a lot of white smaller particles that are starting to turn up. Any idea on...

So, I started my cycle on the 7th and it’s now the 25th. Based off of the tests I have taken today it seems like the tank is still cycling. I think the ammonia is reading very close to zero. While the nitrite is reading around 0.25 ppm. As for nitrate it’s most likely sitting between 20 ppm - 40...

Please move or delete this if in incorrect forum topic I’ve lost about 3/4 of my stock after a 5gal water change and minor filter maintenance (replaced old quick clear with new and replaced nitrite/ammonia pads) and I rinsed the media in my filter water to remove large debris. I scrubbed some...

Hello, Im new to this website but I kept tanks in the past. Ive seen lots of videos and some vague posts by reef builders on a coral cycle. I couldn’t find anyone with experience so I figured Id do a “cheap” basic set up. The tank is currently 2 days old and has some of what I think are basics...

Hi all. I've cycled a few tanks but this is my first attempt doing fishless and Im really triying to focus on creating the appropriate microbiome before introducing live stock. namely getting 2ppm Ammonia/Nitrites cycled within 24 hours. I'm at about a month but I changed out a large rock for...

Cycling my tank! Only on day 3! I used Dr Tim’s one and only and 2 clowns who are very happy. Live sand and dry rock I feed once a day and dose microbacter 7 and prime daily. Ammonia 1.5 Nitrite 0.1-0.25 Nitrate 5 Is it going in the right direction?

Hey everyone! Very new to saltwater In the fishless cycle +/- a few hiccups along the way but looking for advise on the next course of action. The setup: RO/DI system up and running great JBJ 45 AIO 30 LB Caribsea life rock 30LB Caribsea live sand Heater 2 power heads mp-10 & Nero 3 2 inTank...

Well I did it after a bunch of reading and YouTube video. I decided let me get into this hobby and just go all in! Then I did. Here is my build list equipment Tank: Redsea Reefer G2 Filter: ReefMat 500 Skimmer: Reefer Skimmer 300 Lights: ReefLED x 2 w/ mounting arms - Waiting on arms to...

Hi Guys’ in the process of fishless cycling a Red Sea Max 170 with Dr Tim’s. About 2 weeks into the process and slightly confused as I have Free Ammonia read of zero, zero nitrites and around 10pm Nitrates. Glad that my tank is now producing nitrates but confused as when I test for total ammonia...

My tank has been running for 6 weeks it has 4ppm ammonia and 0 nitrates, I still haven't seen nitrite, How do i get nitrites its an empty tank with bio bricks im not planning on adding the dry rock yet as im still designing it? Also I don't want to use a bottle bacteria as i want to experiment...

I'm going to be upgrading from a 2 year old 90 gallon system to a new 170 gallon system that will be going in the exact same spot. I'm planning on transfering all livestock & rock immediately to the new tank (I'm completely replacing the sand with new). Is this safe or do I need to figure out a...

Hi all! So I have my new brand new 32g tank stocked with about 25 lbs of rock donated by a friend with an established tank. It's full of critters, bristle worms, things slightly smaller than ants that crawl around all the openings, and even a few ball anemones, etc. The tank has been running...

I’m building my first tank and I have everything set up and ready to go. I plan on cycling the tank with live Carib Sea Agra Alive, Dry Rock, Fritz Turbo Start, and 2 Clown fish. Will it be okay to have the Agra Alive sand and Saltwater running in the tank for a couple days before I add the...

I’m currently on my third going to fourth week of cycling and my ammonia reads .25 and nitrites is a deep purple kinda hard to tell which one it is and my nitrates is about 10-20 ppm and it’s been stuck like this for about a week. I did a 25% wc then a 50% 2 days after and it’s still reading the...

Hello! I’m new to the hobby. I’m in the process of cycling a 29 gallon tank. Have live rock, dry rock, live sand. And by recommendation used Fritz Turbostart 900. But I’m confused. added ammonia to get things going. I’ve been testing the last five days. As of today ammonia is present and between...

As the title says, I upgraded to an Innovative Marine 25g lagoon FROM a Fluval 13.5. I've had the new tank running with no lights and the old ceramic media in the back for about 3 days now. I'm planning on putting the live rock in today and testing the parameters. I guess my main question is...

Looking for advice on lowering ammonia in my 30 Gal tank with one Clownfish. Two months ago I tried a fishless cycle with live rock. All my levels were low, ammonia was at zero and nitrate levels were there, but not high. I thought it was cycled and added the clownfish. A month later ammonia...

So I'm building my second tank and looking for other ways of cycling it (I cycled the previous one the "traditional" way by introducing some bacteria through a used filter and ghost feeding, no issues encountered). I've been polling other threads in FB and everyone suggest "time" and patience...

I recently set up a 15-gallon bare bottom tank using media and rocks with coral from my established tank. I have a single lightning clownfish and I decided to bring over the anemone from the old tank to the new tank. The coral is doing great, and so was the anemone at first. For the past few...

I apologize for all the cycling posts lately, just want to be sure I get all of this right! ICYMI: 55 Gallon cycling for 2 and a half weeks having used Dr Tim's Ammonia Chloride to bring ammonia to 2.0ppm once and added Brightwell MicroBacter XLM 15x Nitrifying Bacteria. 42lbs arragonite, 20lbs...

Hello everyone! I’m currently going on my 3rd week of cycling my tank I just wanted to reach out and see if these are normal parameters for going on the 3rd week of cycling! Thanks for the help! Ammonia 4.0 ppm Nitrites 0.25 ppm

Hello everyone! if I used some ceramic o ring and 100% established water from DT , will it instant cycle my quarantine tank??

First post here on R2R! … I am new to the hobby but have been reading/studying it for years. I finally have space at home to begin. I will be following up in the future with build threads for my salt water mixing station, QT tanks (invert and fish), and display tank that I’m still building...

So I was talking to another reefer the other day and we got into the topic of cycling methods. When I got into saltwater, my LFS introduced me to a very effective and quick method that is seemingly uncommon. He would add a cap full of pure bottled ammonia from Walmart per 20G and add in a piece...

How do you guys feel about Dr Tim’s Fishless Cycling System? I’ve researched it a little and am considering buying it when I’m ready to start my tank. It comes with bacteria, ammonia, and instructions. For a noob like me that seems like a home run. What do you guys think?