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Thanks for all your help 😊

Actually looks like it’s on its way down finally. Doesn’t seem to be off the chart. If that’s the case should I still dose 2ppm ammonia daily until it comes down to zero?

Right, thanks! I’ll test again shortly and I will post the level

Thanks for the info I did not know that. So you would recommend I do a water change? What percent of the tank? And I was adding ammonia because want to cycle to stall

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Hi, just want to follow up on my previous post. It’s been over 5 week now, my ammonia goes down to zero within 24 hours so I’m dosing the tank daily with ammonia. But still haven’t noticed the nitrite numbers start to come down yet. Just still wait and have patience? Or should I be doing...

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I started with dry rock not live. The ammonia was zero up until I added the ammonia then it immediately went up. Should I just add one fish or snail/crab to help with the cycling?

Hi, I started cycling a new 5 gallon reef tank 4 weeks ago with live sand, I added dry rock a few days later. I dosed the tank with Dr Tim’s ammonia and API quick start. After adding dr tims my ammonia went up very high then came back down to zero a few days later and is steady at zero. The...

Ok, thanks!

Ok, thanks. My lfs gave me the advice of using either aquavitro 8.4 or crushed coral from caribSea, to help. What do you think about using any of those or just leave it for now?

I used the api test kit

Ph 7.8 KH 11 drops/ 196.9

I’m in middle of setting up a 5 gallon reef tank. My ph is low but my kh is at a good level. Any recommendations for a buffer that will raise and stabilize my ph without effecting my kh levels?

Hi, I’m setting up a 5 gallon reef nano. I bought a box of stax dry rock from Amazon. It’s officially flat on top and bottom making it easy to stack. Anyone had any aquascaping ideas? It’s a rectangle shape