I dosed enough ammonia to the tank that the ammonia reading should be 2ppm. later that night i tested my ammonia and was surprised i had no ammonia reading. i tested for a week straight and had no ammonia reading. For the first week i took it as my ammonia was at 0.25ppm since the color chart was hard to read and the water was slightly cloudy in the test. 3 weeks later i tested for nitrates and nitrates were present, at 50ppm. Tested ammonia and again no reading. i did a 100L water change. And dosed microbactor start xlm again.
Now the plan is that im trying to get more established bio media from other reefers to help seed the tank. As im going barebottom with this tank. Going barebottem will have its challenges in a new tank. Hence im trying to minimize that by using established bio media.