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Im dosing Biodigest for now.Is it good enuf?

Depending on the strength of the biodigest which u bought , the instruction should explain the dosage so just follow the recommended dose.
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Its a waste to use carbon during the cycling process.

Carbon absorbs organics (eg. humic substances which make the water brown, carbohydrates etc) and chemicals. You probably want the organics in the water as a food source for the bacteria which is part of the cycling process.

During the cycling process, as others mentioned above,

- Add an ammonia source (eg. market prawn)

- Turn off the following as its not required during the cycling period - chiller (no benefit since you don't have corals in there), light (switching it on only encourage algae growth), skimmer (you want the organic waste to feed the bacteria)

- No need to dose anything else. Just wait patiently & monitor ammonia/nitrite/nitrate levels

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Your ammonia is 0 right?

Should be alright to remove the prawn & do a major water change (perhaps 50%) to halve the nitrates.

Then you are all set to add livestock slowly.

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Well don't think anyone have mention this yet, if you have sand bed or rock , try not to move it around it will cause your nitrate to spike :(

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Well don't think anyone have mention this yet, if you have sand bed or rock , try not to move it around it will cause your nitrate to spike :(

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Interesting info bro. Just curious, why does doing that cause it to spike? On that note... I've adjusted my live rock a few times within the last month of cycling and my hitckhiker damsel disturbs the sandbed all the time... omg :ooh:

Luckily water parameters still seem fine... for now

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