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Is My Tank Cycling?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by craftpam, Jan 28, 2010.

  1. Jan 28, 2010 #1
    craftpam

    craftpam Inactive User

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    Hi all,
    I'm looking for opinions from the experts. (Which compared to myself everyone is an expert I'm afraid)
    We purchased a 90 gallon existing tank, with live rock (had 150 pounds, I put back in 100#) Tank has no fish, and hadn't been cared for all that well in recent months. (I replaced the substrate with live sand during the move, kept live rock submerged during the move, moved 50ish gallons of water and kept the filter materials, total move time ended up being about 4 hours) I've had it up and running 2 weeks, had 5 damsels in for 1 week. Last week had a local saltwater person run water tests, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate were all zero (this was day 2 after adding fish) I bought test kits and ran tests today, Ammonia and Nitrites were zero, Nitrates were about 20. So is my tank cycling, where in said process would I guess its at? Fish appear active and eat well. (Not trying to rush the process, just curious...)
    Tank was running on a HOB filter system, I bought parts to repair the Tidepool system and just started that today. I plan to leave the HOB filter running as well until I can feel safe the bacterial colony has transferred to the Biowheel. The SOS overflow is far from silent, any tips how to stop the slurping sound?
    Thanks for all the help,
    Pam
     
  2. Jan 28, 2010 #2
    Shaun

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    I stopped the slurping sound with mine by putting a filter over the intake. It just has to be cleaned or changed very often. So I leave mine off. As for the tank cycling I think that it had or is having a mini cycle. I would say just do some water changes to get the nitrates down and keep testing. Sounds like it all went pretty good overall if a nitrate spike is all you get from it. Congrats on the new tank and welcome to GIRS. Shaun
     
  3. Jan 29, 2010 #3
    AJ

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    Welcome to the GIRS site!

    As far as the cycling goes, just keep an eye on your parameters. With Nitrates at 20, a water change is probably in order to keep those down. Maybe a 20% water change. Just keep an eye on things and don't let them get too high or stuff will start dying...especially after a move when they may already be stressed still from the move.

    --AJ
     
  4. Jan 29, 2010 #4
    xroads La Porte City, IA

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    Anytime you move a tank you will have somewhat of a cycle.

    Cut down your feeding to every other day for awhile, continue with your water changes, & monitor everything,

    GL & welcome

    Craig
     

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