Tonyscoots84's very long 60 gallon cube tank thread

[Tonyscoots84]

Sorry its a lil cloudy its still cycling and i made it worse by moving some rocks around

 

[mbg75]

Borrow a diatom to run. Will polish the water crystal clear

 

[kenconnect]

I can't believe it... The tank is wet..lol.. Gl bro

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Thanks for the idea mbg its in its cycle imma let it run its course.

Ken yes its wet and thanyou

 

[Tonyscoots84]

ok here is an update everything is clearing up and guess what i have nitrites ammonia is at 4.0 which means the ammonia was def. higher then that and my nitrites are at .50 :biggrin: :party: by this weekend i should have nitrates i hope

and a few pics of my puppy jack. hes becoming an awesome dog just needs alot more training but already responds to his name and come. he sits after i push his but a little down lol hes getting there... i bought him to the vet today the doc gave him a distemper shot and a lime shot. checked everything out, a stool sample and his hips, ears, eyes and says he 100% healthy THANKGOD... i love my lil jack

he also did a lil boxing today which i found really amusing he was doing that with the vets assistant :lol2:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

also getting the salifert phosphate test kit tom. so we will see how off or on the hanna meter is :Up_to_som

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Hey guys when should the skimmer be turned on. When nitrites are 0 and i have nitrates also after the water change. 20 % water change should be enough when nitrites are gone and nitrates are up?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

I gotta say hanna phosphate reader and salifert are exactly the same readings..
I got a .51 readin on the hanna a few days ago

Ammonia hovering around 4.0

Here is nitrite at 1.0

Here is nitrates at i believe 20

My guess is to take the shrimp out of the tank or should i leave them in. They where 2 jumbo shrimps.

 

[thirty5]

Take them out.. you have enough now.. But i would just drop a small amount of food into the tank, but that is just me. You need to keep the bacteria fed

 

[Tonyscoots84]

thanks anthony. I jus did that and disposed of the shrimp. ammonia is pretty high so im sure there should be enough ammonia for the bacteria to feed off of. im hoping cycle should be done on friday or sunday this week we will see... when the ammonia is fallin down then add a pinch of food?

 

[nanoreefer22]

I'm not sure what the answer to your question is

 

[Tonyscoots84]

This is where im at

 

[masterswimmer]

Looks like a full bore, head on, hard core, middle of cycle test results to these old eyes.

R

 

[thirty5]

This is where im at

My levels never got that high you got super levels....

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[Tonyscoots84]

mine did from adding ammonia and the 2 jumbo shrimps :lol2:

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Amm. @ 2.0 nitrite @ 2.0-5.0 nitrate @ 80 ish

Skimmer just turned on (here is some skimmer juice)

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Now to decide what to get for fish before the tank is ready. Was thinking of starting with 3 blue chromis. I was gonna get 2 clowns but was thinking to add them last

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

The green one are better there less aggressive amongs the blues IMO.

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[twan]

You got about 4 full weeks till that ammonia drops to 0

 

[Tonyscoots84]

That wat i meant ang. Thanks. I think it will be much shorter then that twan i also added live rock in my sump as well