This is weirding me out a lot because the tank is taking forever to cycle, and now I'm getting these growths out of nowhere.
I've been cycling a barebottom tank with dry rock from Aquaforest for weeks now. I used Bightwell Microbacter Start XLM with Brightwell Microbacter QuickCycl (Ammonium Chloride).
The tank has only ever got ambient light, and all the equipment from the previous tank (Clarisea and 2 gyres) was out of water for months and washed an RO/DI; however, something is growing on the rock. What is it? Chrysophytes?
I've been cycling a barebottom tank with dry rock from Aquaforest for weeks now. I used Bightwell Microbacter Start XLM with Brightwell Microbacter QuickCycl (Ammonium Chloride).
The tank has only ever got ambient light, and all the equipment from the previous tank (Clarisea and 2 gyres) was out of water for months and washed an RO/DI; however, something is growing on the rock. What is it? Chrysophytes?
| Total Ammonia NH3+NH4 (API/Redsea) | 1.5 ppm to 2 ppm |
| NH3 (Seachem Ammonia Badge) | 0.05 ppm |
| NO2 (API/Salifert) | 0 to 0.1 |
| NO3 (Hanna Low Range Nitrate) | 1.94 ppm |
