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IMAGNDAT · 06/27/2020, 03:37 PM

Hey lady's & gents

After a couple of years of leaving my tank just collecting dust with live rocks and sand and a few gallons of water in the tank, I've decided to come back! anyways refilled the tank with RO water, added some more salt, and tested my ammonia and nitrites, both came up at .025 ppm. I guess I killed off my bacteria, but at those low levels do you think my cycle is just towards it end phase for fish or should I just throw in a raw shrimp for safe measure?

hhaase · 06/27/2020, 03:52 PM

After a couple years, you need to completely start over on your cycle.

IMAGNDAT · 06/27/2020, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by hhaase

After a couple years, you need to completely start over on your cycle.

Thanks, guess back to the grind 😡

hhaase · 06/29/2020, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by IMAGNDAT

Thanks, guess back to the grind 😡

Yep. Cycling tanks is frustrating for sure, just started cycling my own new tank. I'm also not the type to try and rush the process. Bare rock, bare sand, feeding the ghosts of fishes past. I feel your pain.

-Hans

Sk8r · 07/02/2020, 09:16 AM

Longest four weeks of the hobby, waiting for ammonia to come and go. Meanwhile read through the sticky-threads atop the forum for a fast refresher on the details.

IMAGNDAT · 07/02/2020, 03:46 PM

so I threw a raw shrimp to kick start my cycle again, but this time i ordered an ultimate refugium starter pack from aquabarn. It came with like 2 bags of marine pure blocks, turbostart 900 in the 1st shipment. Should I just dump all the marine pure blocks in my refugium and overflows, and with the turbostart 900, should I remove the raw shrimp in the tank? or keep it in there as a food source for the turbostart 900 bacteria to feed on?

06/27/2020, 03:37 PM	#1
IMAGNDAT Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 20	back to the hobby Hey lady's & gents After a couple of years of leaving my tank just collecting dust with live rocks and sand and a few gallons of water in the tank, I've decided to come back! anyways refilled the tank with RO water, added some more salt, and tested my ammonia and nitrites, both came up at .025 ppm. I guess I killed off my bacteria, but at those low levels do you think my cycle is just towards it end phase for fish or should I just throw in a raw shrimp for safe measure?

06/27/2020, 03:52 PM	#2
hhaase Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Dakota Posts: 368	After a couple years, you need to completely start over on your cycle. __________________ This hobby would be easier if my local stores had more fish. https://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2701233 Current Tank Info: Slowly stocking up 150 gallons, only a little livestock right now.

07/02/2020, 09:16 AM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Longest four weeks of the hobby, waiting for ammonia to come and go. Meanwhile read through the sticky-threads atop the forum for a fast refresher on the details. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

07/02/2020, 03:46 PM	#6
IMAGNDAT Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 20	so I threw a raw shrimp to kick start my cycle again, but this time i ordered an ultimate refugium starter pack from aquabarn. It came with like 2 bags of marine pure blocks, turbostart 900 in the 1st shipment. Should I just dump all the marine pure blocks in my refugium and overflows, and with the turbostart 900, should I remove the raw shrimp in the tank? or keep it in there as a food source for the turbostart 900 bacteria to feed on?