Ok I’ve been reading a ton on the new thoughts about cycling a tank and when it will be ready, and there’s a couple things I’m still trying to understand.
this is by no means my first tank, but in the past I’ve always used cured live rock from an established tank. As you’d expect, never really had to cycle. I’m currently cycling a 90 gallon tank that i started with all dry rock (life rock reef trees) and 80lb of dry sand.
day one i dosed Dr. Tim’s ammonia, as well as Fritz turbo start, the bottle that is good for 100g so they say. I saw my spike in ammonia within a day, that is no longer my concern. From all that I’m reading, the new method seems to not care so much about if ammonia drops all the way back down. I’m reading about 0.15 at this point, so minimal if any. I’m not buying a Seneye to know for sure. However, i DO still show nitrite. It’s on its way down, less than a few days ago, but I’m guessing probably in the 1-3 range (hard to tell). I’m also getting nitrate readings, which implies the bacteria are doing their job and breaking down the nitrite.
my question - is this tank cycled? I’m on day 8. I’m trying to move fish from my 70 gallon to this tank, but I’m not sure if the current level of nitrites are of concern, or if they’re of ANY concern anymore? For what it’s worth, the ammonia tests the same in the new tank and the one that’s been up for 2 years. So I’m really not concerned there. It’s mainly the nitrites. The established tank is not reading any nitrite.
do I wait for my nitrite to come down to 0, or transfer my fish? 2 clowns, and a small/med foxface.
and what about corals? Pretty much just a zoa colony and a gsp colony. Any concern with acclimating them over now? My old school thought process says to wait for zeros. But the more I’m reading, the more it’s contradicting
this is by no means my first tank, but in the past I’ve always used cured live rock from an established tank. As you’d expect, never really had to cycle. I’m currently cycling a 90 gallon tank that i started with all dry rock (life rock reef trees) and 80lb of dry sand.
day one i dosed Dr. Tim’s ammonia, as well as Fritz turbo start, the bottle that is good for 100g so they say. I saw my spike in ammonia within a day, that is no longer my concern. From all that I’m reading, the new method seems to not care so much about if ammonia drops all the way back down. I’m reading about 0.15 at this point, so minimal if any. I’m not buying a Seneye to know for sure. However, i DO still show nitrite. It’s on its way down, less than a few days ago, but I’m guessing probably in the 1-3 range (hard to tell). I’m also getting nitrate readings, which implies the bacteria are doing their job and breaking down the nitrite.
my question - is this tank cycled? I’m on day 8. I’m trying to move fish from my 70 gallon to this tank, but I’m not sure if the current level of nitrites are of concern, or if they’re of ANY concern anymore? For what it’s worth, the ammonia tests the same in the new tank and the one that’s been up for 2 years. So I’m really not concerned there. It’s mainly the nitrites. The established tank is not reading any nitrite.
do I wait for my nitrite to come down to 0, or transfer my fish? 2 clowns, and a small/med foxface.
and what about corals? Pretty much just a zoa colony and a gsp colony. Any concern with acclimating them over now? My old school thought process says to wait for zeros. But the more I’m reading, the more it’s contradicting