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01-24-2008, 03:17 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gaston, South Carolina Age: 38
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    |  Week 3 NO3 still at 12.5
The ammonia has gone up and back to 0 and my NO3 has got to 12.5 and got stuck. Plenty of life in the LR, lots actually this is pretty cool. Anyways is every thing still ok or have I cycled as much as I can. Still going Slower.
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8gal Nanocube by Oceanic
9.5lbs Live Rock
10 lbs Live Sand
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01-24-2008, 03:18 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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How long has the tank been up and running? _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | 
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01-24-2008, 03:20 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gaston, South Carolina Age: 38
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3 weeks now. | |
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01-24-2008, 03:29 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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ONLY 3 weeks??? Man....a cycle can last up to 2 months. Your forgetting to go slow. Im going to start a support group for ppl who have a weekness in reef tanks...  | |
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01-24-2008, 03:32 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gaston, South Carolina Age: 38
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ha ha, but its ONLY 8gals of reef. wish It was 125gals now, I have the reef bug. | |
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01-24-2008, 03:35 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Cycles last more like 12 weeks someone here now has found that out I have had many systems to hit a ammonia and nitrite spike at week 10.. And pushing the demand does not help. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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01-24-2008, 03:36 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Dont get discouraged Skytech, my tank has been running for over 9 yrs and my no3 is always between 15-20ppm. Of course, my bio-load is very large. | |
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01-24-2008, 03:36 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gaston, South Carolina Age: 38
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Here is the WHOLE tank. | |
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01-24-2008, 03:37 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69  ONLY 3 weeks??? Man....a cycle can last up to 2 months. Your forgetting to go slow. Im going to start a support group for ppl who have a weekness in reef tanks... |
Sign me up, Lunatik...LOL...Patience has never been my strong suit....Reef tanks are definitely getting me closer though...
We admitted we are powerless over reef tanks and our lives had become unmanageable.... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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01-24-2008, 04:07 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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i love the big rock! _________ You will never know whats in my tank as i can only type 15 words  | |
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