Tank cycling ?

Fishmas · 01/10/2016, 07:51 PM

I have started to cycle my tank last wednesday. After. 5 days of having shrimp floating in tank barely any ammonia detectable. Less the 1ppm

Is one shrimp enough to cause ammonia spime in 150 gal of water? If so how long would it take to cause ammonia level to hit 3ppm

davehead86 · 01/10/2016, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishmas

I have started to cycle my tank last wednesday. After. 5 days of having shrimp floating in tank barely any ammonia detectable. Less the 1ppm

Is one shrimp enough to cause ammonia spime in 150 gal of water? If so how long would it take to cause ammonia level to hit 3ppm

I would say no that is not enough shrimp. You need to get several more. You say its a 130 tank with a 55 sump. thats a significant amount of water volume and rock to move through.

thegrun · 01/10/2016, 08:49 PM

I agree one shrimp will likely not be enough. You might also consider adding pure ammonia. Use pure ammonia without surfactants (available at most hardware stores, I get mine at Ace Hardware) or perfumes. To be sure the ammonia does not contain surfactants shake the bottle and if it bubbles up like dish soap it has surfactants in it, pure ammonia will not have bubbles. To raise 100 gallons of water from 0 to 2 ppm ammonia you would need to add 0.8 grams (8 ml) of standard 10% pure ammonia.

Luke Schnabel · 01/10/2016, 10:35 PM

Use pure ammonia but don't over do it. If you put to much you'll be dealing with loads of nitrates in the long run and most likely lots of algae as well.

Fishmas · 01/12/2016, 04:40 AM

I cant find pure ammonia in town. All has detergent perfume additives. Have replaced single shrimp with three shrimp. Testing maybe .5ppm ammonia.

laga77 · 01/12/2016, 07:46 AM

Do not just plop a piece of shrimp in the tank. Grind it up into small pieces to increase surface area.

davehead86 · 01/12/2016, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishmas

I cant find pure ammonia in town. All has detergent perfume additives. Have replaced single shrimp with three shrimp. Testing maybe .5ppm ammonia.

Three shrimp will help. Give it a day or two. You could also start "ghost feeding" the tank to give an extra boost but i think youll be fine with three shrimp.

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Originally Posted by laga77

Do not just plop a piece of shrimp in the tank. Grind it up into small pieces to increase surface area.

No. then you cant get it out and it will continue to raise the ammonia.

01/10/2016, 07:51 PM	#1
Fishmas Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 74	Tank cycling ? I have started to cycle my tank last wednesday. After. 5 days of having shrimp floating in tank barely any ammonia detectable. Less the 1ppm Is one shrimp enough to cause ammonia spime in 150 gal of water? If so how long would it take to cause ammonia level to hit 3ppm __________________ 130 gal tank 44"l x 22"w x 28"d. 55 gal sump. 120lbs rock. 1 yellow tang, 2 cb ocellaris 1 royal gamma, 1 cleaner wrasse, 1 regal tang 1 cb shrimp, 1 halloween urchin

01/10/2016, 10:35 PM	#4
Luke Schnabel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Canton. Ohio Posts: 288	Use pure ammonia but don't over do it. If you put to much you'll be dealing with loads of nitrates in the long run and most likely lots of algae as well. __________________ In wall 125 gallon display and 48g frag tank w/ 75gallon sump Apex Controlled, 2xMP40, 1 MP10, Ecotech M1 return, reef octopus x5000, 4x Ecotech Radion G2 with T5 supplament(Display), 2x AI Hydras (fr

01/12/2016, 04:40 AM	#5
Fishmas Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 74	I cant find pure ammonia in town. All has detergent perfume additives. Have replaced single shrimp with three shrimp. Testing maybe .5ppm ammonia. __________________ 130 gal tank 44"l x 22"w x 28"d. 55 gal sump. 120lbs rock. 1 yellow tang, 2 cb ocellaris 1 royal gamma, 1 cleaner wrasse, 1 regal tang 1 cb shrimp, 1 halloween urchin

01/12/2016, 07:46 AM	#6
laga77 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Alsip, IL Posts: 1,133	Do not just plop a piece of shrimp in the tank. Grind it up into small pieces to increase surface area. __________________ Four legs good. Two legs better. Current Tank Info: 50G SPS/NPS Reef, 120G Mixed Reef, 120G FOWRL, 29G Seahorse tank, 20G Observation tank,

01/10/2016, 08:49 PM	#3
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	I agree one shrimp will likely not be enough. You might also consider adding pure ammonia. Use pure ammonia without surfactants (available at most hardware stores, I get mine at Ace Hardware) or perfumes. To be sure the ammonia does not contain surfactants shake the bottle and if it bubbles up like dish soap it has surfactants in it, pure ammonia will not have bubbles. To raise 100 gallons of water from 0 to 2 ppm ammonia you would need to add 0.8 grams (8 ml) of standard 10% pure ammonia.