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For a brand new tank without fishes, you can fill it up with water, get the overflow running then dump the salt into the filter sock to help with the mixing

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Got some live rocks, filter medias and a cup of sand from another reefer's established tank to cycle my tank.

Any recommendation for those "bacteria in a bottle". Which brand is good?

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I got the same problem as u, haha!!

Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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Hold the test cup up in the air and put the colour chart behind it. The side of the cup amplifies the colour of the solution allowing u to see the colour better. But then because it will look darker, u got to divide the result by 10.

It's written in the instructions :) a lot easier this way

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Hold the test cup up in the air and put the colour chart behind it. The side of the cup amplifies the colour of the solution allowing u to see the colour better. But then because it will look darker, u got to divide the result by 10.

It's written in the instructions :) a lot easier this way

Hi Bro Turtle1989, from the picture what do u think is the result?

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Hold the test cup up in the air and put the colour chart behind it. The side of the cup amplifies the colour of the solution allowing u to see the colour better. But then because it will look darker, u got to divide the result by 10. It's written in the instructions :) a lot easier this way
Hi bro, Thot U can only use the low range method if its lower than 10ppm. I alw get 10ppm at most and not lower. Probably same as wat I saw from Ah Chris's photo of the tests. So u juz ignore and read from side of the vial?
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Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture.

Lightings : Ecotech  Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank.

Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil.

Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer.

FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos.

CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor.

BPR: Marine Source Biopellet  Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. 

Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump.

Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M  Sine Wave Pump for  Frag Tank.

Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite.

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Eh .. I think readings above 25 are quite easy to tell. It's the reading from 5-25 that really make me feel like I'm colour blind.

So by reading from the side I know if it's between 5-10 or 10-25 (if the colour shows way off the chart).

So although it's meant for reasons below 10, I will still use it to help me determine if I have a reading that's below 10 or below 25.

I think ultimately anything less then 25 is still pretty safe for NO3. Just got to make sure it doesn't hit 50.

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Eh .. I think readings above 25 are quite easy to tell. It's the reading from 5-25 that really make me feel like I'm colour blind.

So by reading from the side I know if it's between 5-10 or 10-25 (if the colour shows way off the chart).

So although it's meant for reasons below 10, I will still use it to help me determine if I have a reading that's below 10 or below 25.

I think ultimately anything less then 25 is still pretty safe for NO3. Just got to make sure it doesn't hit 50.

:-) Yeah thanks man! Does this means my cycling is completed?

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Hmm.. Wait a week or 2 more. A couple of days isn't really considered a cycle. Mine cycled for 5-6 weeks before I even added any lifestock.

I think Cos u use live rock, most of the beneficial bacteria are still living in them. But there will surely be die-offs from your live rock and that will soon cause an ammonia spike in your tank. You do not want to be caught in that situation with fishes in your tank. Ammonia can burn through ur fishes' gills.

Wait for a week or so and continue monitoring Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate for at least the next 1 week. If there's no spike in ammonia I think u can start adding fishes 1 at a time which still continuing to monitor the readings once every 3-5 days.

Fish waste would turn into ammonia once it decays. If even after adding fishes, the readings remain at zero, it's a good signal that u have enough beneficial bacteria to sustain the livestock. Again .. The golden rule is 1 inch of fish per week. But usually people stretch the rule a little.

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