Tank Cycling

[domzzz]

Today is day 2 of cycling my new tank.

The parameter are as follows:

KH: 9dkh

PH: 8.5

NO2: <0.9 l/mg

Temp: 31deg C

My Tank is a around 21gal

I'm using seawater purchase from lfs

How do i increase the kh, lower the ph, and lower the NO2

If NO2 = 0, does it mean NH3 should be 0?

Thanks

[dodo]

day 2....hmmm...long way to go bro actually not really lar

How do i increase the kh,

may i suggest leave tis as it is now

lower the ph

may i also suggest leave tis as it is now

lower the NO2

let nature takes it course

If NO2 = 0, does it mean NH3 should be 0?

NH3 is ammonia rite...ammonia will spike 1st, followed by NO2...

[piero]

No NO2 cos the cycle just started... Ammonia might be high now.. Go do a check... Drop a prawn to help cycling I guess.. I took more than a month before everything settled down in the first place...

[Sinn]

if i remember correctly...

before 2 weeks

ammonia starts to increase

after 2 weeks

ammonia starts to reduce, nitrite starts to increase

after 4 weeks

nitrite starts to reduce, nitrate starts to increase

just a gauge, some pple speed up their cycling....

[piero]

Oh I added super bateria which I bought from Lor Halus to help in the cycling.. Dunno whether it helped though but all my lifestock very healthy now... so I guess not too bad....

[Sinn]

same here,...

ocean free "SUPER BENEFICIAL BACTERIA" enzyme/biozyme...

something like 150,000,000 cell counts per gram

hahaha .. YA RITE...

[piero]

Mine is nutrafin... Supposed to be more potent... Also not too sure..

[nleong]

from my experience in cycling tank (probably one of the longest cycling)

Cycle your LR at the same time or put all the LR you want to get in now. Cos' if you put them in later, your tank will go thru another "recycling". Thats what happened to me.

So since CNY till now, my tank still rock only tank, except for a star polyp and 2 snails and a CS.

any other comments ? I'm thinking of putting in more LR.

[hongqixian]

No NO2 cos the cycle just started... Ammonia might be high now.. Go do a check... Drop a prawn to help cycling I guess.. I took more than a month before everything settled down in the first place...

Not quite-

In a small tank a prawn would foul up the water quite a lot-

If it is wanted then a shred should be enough.

[dersuz]

Its still better to cycle your LR in another container with a PH then to add into your main tank.

NH4 might spike once LR being introduced.

[[d]3v|L]

ya i suggest put in the rocks first so no need to put prawn inside because the "die off" and those organism like worms from the rocks will produce some ammonia to help kick the cycling process.

[domzzz]

Just added 4kg of LR into my tank today.

Parameter was as follows b4 adding:

ph 8.5

no2 <0.9/mg

nh3 0.08 mg/l

temp 31deg C (will be getting a fan soon)

Will do the test again tonight. Any thing to take note of at this point of time??

Thanks