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    Nano reef aquascape

    in General Reefkeeping_

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    What lighting are you using ?

    At 25cm ( considering the rock at 10cm tall) it is very shallow and with 10hours of lighting period, soon you will battle algae issues. 

    with the limited height space, I would suggest you to do without those bulky rock. Keep those smaller rock instead for small fishes like goby to play ard or hiding.

    for the rock scape, for starters, you can considering getting those common Zoas clustering type in palm size rock. This rock can act as your main scape rock. You will not be staring at bare rock also.

     

    Setting Up for my 2 FT marine tank with sump

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    On 1/2/2021 at 7:13 PM, darryl82 said:

    Good Day all Reefers,

    I'm in my 23rd days of cycling using brightwell aquatics starter kit. Anyone ever uses this kit before ?

    First Day, dose Ammonia to about 2ppm follow by Microbacter Start XLM.

    Till now, my Ammonia is 0, Nitrites constant 1ppm for 2 weeks and nitrates about 20ppm. Is it normal ?

    After my Ammonia drop to 0, been dosing daily to 0.5MM till now. The next day my ammonia will drop to 0 but my nitrites is always 1 ppm and nitrates 20ppm constant. Has my cycle comes to a stall ?

    I know 23 days of cycling is nothing, but reviews claims it can quick cycle within 9 days. I know patience is everything but just want to check if anyone have the similar 

     

    Thanks

     

    Ideally the NO2 should be zero, once you detect NO3 in the water and at 20ppm, the nitrogen cycle is completed. 
     

    Have you perform a water change? If yes, what is the NO2 present value.

    Tropic marin nitribiotic

    in General Reefkeeping_

    Posted · Edited by saltyman

    I would suggest not to perform any water change and allow your beneficial bacteria to colonize.

    the ammonia should go down after a few days and it should be zero on the 10-14 day mark.

    no harm adding more BB but it will be a waste of $ , just follow the dosing instructions and let it ride through the water cycling period. 

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