added 1st 2 fish 3 days no change in water yet

whiteleaf · 02/12/2008, 02:32 AM

hi i have cycled my tank. it was very quick but had water tested at LFS. they said that it looked like it had. did a 50% water change and added to small clowns. i was wondering when i should see a change in ammonia nitrite. i also have a red powdery growth on back of tank. is this slime or Coraline? thank you. i have about 15Kg of LR.

jdieck · 02/12/2008, 02:41 AM

How long took your cycling and did you used fully cycled rock?
If you did things right you should not see any increase in ammonia.
The powdery growth is most probably only diatomaceous (diatoms) alge. Just wipe it off and expect cycles of algae growth as the cycling advances. Keep feeding just enough for the fish at this point and add some cleaning crew if you have not already.

whiteleaf · 02/12/2008, 03:06 AM

thank you for answering. i am using 100% RO. i cycled my tank with un cured live rock and lve sand. i had a small ammonia peak then a large nitrate peak. the nitrate when of my chart by the time my nitrite and ammonia had dropped to zero. this all happened with in 2 weeks. did 50% water change added fish 3 days later ammonia and nitrite still zero.

jdieck · 02/12/2008, 03:19 AM

Keep up the water changes to keep lowering your nitrates to mitigate the algae blooms.
Even with no ammonia I think the tank was not completely cycled.
Use a powerhead to manually blow off the detritus on the rock before each water change.

whiteleaf · 02/12/2008, 04:48 AM

cheers. added fish as bit worried that there would be bacterial death with no food. going to go slow now and leave things settle down. every thing looks happy. what sort of water change Patten do you think would be good?

bmk · 02/12/2008, 05:55 AM

Hi
I usually change 15% every other week, dont do anymore 50% changes unless there is an emergency ie high ammonia.

Barry

whiteleaf · 02/12/2008, 06:48 AM

cheers. will give it a go.

02/12/2008, 02:32 AM	#1
whiteleaf Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: redditch Posts: 40	added 1st 2 fish 3 days no change in water yet hi i have cycled my tank. it was very quick but had water tested at LFS. they said that it looked like it had. did a 50% water change and added to small clowns. i was wondering when i should see a change in ammonia nitrite. i also have a red powdery growth on back of tank. is this slime or Coraline? thank you. i have about 15Kg of LR.

02/12/2008, 02:41 AM	#2
jdieck Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maumee, OH Posts: 15,673	How long took your cycling and did you used fully cycled rock? If you did things right you should not see any increase in ammonia. The powdery growth is most probably only diatomaceous (diatoms) alge. Just wipe it off and expect cycles of algae growth as the cycling advances. Keep feeding just enough for the fish at this point and add some cleaning crew if you have not already. __________________ Did I write what I wrote? What the heck am I talking about! Well..... Nevermind. Current Tank Info: 225 gal reef, DSB, 40 g sump w/ LRT100 return, 37 g pre-sump, 3 MH 250 W 15K, 4 96 W PC dual actinic,ETS 1500 Skim.w/LRT70, 20 lb Ca R., 40 W UV, 1/3 HP chiller, two 350 W Htrs, Neptune II Cont., 330 P LR/ 330 P LS. 55 gal Refugium

02/12/2008, 03:19 AM	#4
jdieck Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maumee, OH Posts: 15,673	Keep up the water changes to keep lowering your nitrates to mitigate the algae blooms. Even with no ammonia I think the tank was not completely cycled. Use a powerhead to manually blow off the detritus on the rock before each water change. __________________ Did I write what I wrote? What the heck am I talking about! Well..... Nevermind. Current Tank Info: 225 gal reef, DSB, 40 g sump w/ LRT100 return, 37 g pre-sump, 3 MH 250 W 15K, 4 96 W PC dual actinic,ETS 1500 Skim.w/LRT70, 20 lb Ca R., 40 W UV, 1/3 HP chiller, two 350 W Htrs, Neptune II Cont., 330 P LR/ 330 P LS. 55 gal Refugium

02/12/2008, 03:06 AM	#3
whiteleaf Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: redditch Posts: 40	thank you for answering. i am using 100% RO. i cycled my tank with un cured live rock and lve sand. i had a small ammonia peak then a large nitrate peak. the nitrate when of my chart by the time my nitrite and ammonia had dropped to zero. this all happened with in 2 weeks. did 50% water change added fish 3 days later ammonia and nitrite still zero.

02/12/2008, 04:48 AM	#5
whiteleaf Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: redditch Posts: 40	cheers. added fish as bit worried that there would be bacterial death with no food. going to go slow now and leave things settle down. every thing looks happy. what sort of water change Patten do you think would be good?

02/12/2008, 05:55 AM	#6
bmk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 278	Hi I usually change 15% every other week, dont do anymore 50% changes unless there is an emergency ie high ammonia. Barry

02/12/2008, 06:48 AM	#7
whiteleaf Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: redditch Posts: 40	cheers. will give it a go.