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Hi all, It's been 16 days since I started with the cycle Ammonia 1.5 (just dosed ammonium chloride this morning) Nitrate 15 Now. I'm wondering why my tank have been cloudy for 5 days. Bacteria bloom? Thought it'll. Subside within a few days and I have not dose any more bio s upon reaching day 14 as instructed. I did level off the sand once as there due to patches from the wave makers. Doubt will create that bad of a cloudiness

Hahaha you have quite a mature and cycled tank. I'm learning too. Didn't know that cycling a sw tank take so much longer than fw

Sorry to hijack your post!

So is it safe to say my tank is already cycled too? Cos there's still ammonia readings in the tank. Didn't dose ammonia for 2 days. Thought its only cycle if the ammonia convert into nitrite then nitrate within 24 hours?

Hi bro I'm facing the same situation as you. Bought the salifert ammonia but couldn't test for lower range of total. Ammonia in the system. I bought the seachem ammonia badge to read the ammonia in the tank. Currently running AF probiotics salt and bio s daily. 2 weeks into cycling now using Dr Tim ammonia. Nitrate only at 10ppm. I think 8 need to be more patient and let it run its course. At least I know the nitrification process is ongoing. Oh and yes my nitrate have been 10ppm for about a week Now. I think yours might be lower. The instruction for the salifert reading varies on how you look at the vial. Top down you can take the reading as it is but if you're comparing your vial perpendicular to the chart you have to divide it by 10 to get the final Reading.

Thanks Rob. Most reefer avoid salifert ammonia kit as stated by the US reefers. It could not test for lower range of total ammonia in the system. Hence they leaned towards the red sea ammonia kit which is more desirable ay this stage. As of now I don't have any gha or diatoms breakout. I don't know if the AF bio s and siporax are maintaining the nitrate low or what. Haha. I've read many reviews of AF sys that undergoing the cycling phase don't have any diatoms or gha.

To add they extended the cb period till June. So no sales of livestock till this epidemic blows over. So. Till then do. I. Just dose and feed the tnak with ammonia?

My nitrates is about 10ppm consistently for a few days now. I've dosed about 20 drops of ammonia but have not seen the nitrates increasing. Could it be that I have siporax and maxspect bio blocks which removed some nitrates in the system? Till date it's only been 6 days into the cycle. I've read that salifert ammonia kit won't be able to detect low levels of ammonia in the tank. Red Sea kit able to test for it. Quite hesistant to buy the kit IMHO.

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Thanks to both of you I had some nitrates today. Will carry on dosing bac for the remaining few days and I'll doswnthe ammonia to see if the nitrogen cycle is in full. Effect

Thanks bro. My tank cleared up today. I'll keep dosing the bio s 2 drops a day for a week and I'll dose the ammonia to feed the bac. Thanks for the insight. Been reading and there's alot of ways using the ammonia. But do not know what suits my tank or the AF system I'm running.

Thanks Rob! What puzzled me after dosing so much Dr Tim ammonia I can't still get a reading of ammonia levels using the salifert. I've done fw set up and using an api kit. No problems with the ammonia levels. Able to detect. In this casebits the opp. Thought that salifert test kits are more reliable than api. Yes yes. I've not run the chiller as of now. I'll wait for the cycle to complete during this cb period. Got all the time on hand. Haha

I started dosing 2 drops of bio s. Tank already cloudy. I'll shall stop dosing for Now. Hopefully the cloudiness will pass after the cycle. 10 to 15 drops is sufficient for the whole water vol during the second week of cycle?

I started dosing 2 drops of bio s. Tank already cloudy. I'll shall stop dosing for Now. Hopefully the cloudiness will pass after the cycle. 10 to 15 drops is sufficient for the whole water vol during the second week of cycle?

Thanks Rob! I've read that previously was 1 drop per gallon and later they changed the concentration and now 4 drops per gal. Some US reefers followed the new packaging instruction and the ammonia skyrocketed to more than 10ppm. I've added another 128 drops and I'll test again tmw. Hopefully the ammonia test kit is not a gimmick. With more than 5ppm it'll stall the cycling process.

Reefers, I'm cycling my tank now using the Dr Tim ammonium chloride. I'm. In my second day of cycling. Have dosed AF bio s for seeding the tank with bacteria and concurrently dose the ammonia in the tank based on the instruction, 4 drops per gallon. My system is 64 gallon. A total of 256 drops required to reach 2ppm of NH4. I have read online that many reefers dosed the full 4 drops per gallon will result in more than 5ppm of ammonia in their system. So eysterdya I dosed 64 drops and tested for ammonia using salifert. No ammonia reading. As of now a total of 192 drops. Still no reading. Kindly advise those who have experience using this.

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Thanks Rob for taking time to address my concerns. The tdo monitor on the unit self states as 0. But when I used the handheld one sometimes it read 2tds. Maybe I shall monitor the water pressure when doing the next batch of rodi. I plugged and play after receiving the unit. I did flush them twice. Before storing the water. I connected the water source via my bidet area in my toilet. After I'm done using it I dismantled the unit from the bidet and store the unit self in my store. I assume theres still water in the system which will not affect the tds when I'm using the next round right?

Anyone know for a 5bstage rodi, supposedly it should be 0tds right. Occasionally I'll get 1 or 2. Kanyone know why?

Thanks for the advice guys. I ordered a new barrel. Have checked with the seller. They washed the barrel with some kind of soap. Have washed the barrel twice but still the soap fragrance linger in the barrel. 200l of water wasted and salt Have emptied out the tank. Will let it dry and I'll fill it back again

TdDS level in top up reservoir

The tds level. In the barrel

Reefers I need some help, Im using a 5nstage rodi. And I got 0ppm of water with the help. Of booster pump. My tnak have been cloudy for almost a week and I tested the tds of the barrel where I kept the rodi water and its crazy high. Please advise. Even the top up reservoir rodi water is not zero. Is this normal

Threw in a litre of siporax and 2kg of Maxspect nano balls. Should get the plate instead. Taking alot of space in my tiny little sump. Today is the 5th day into the cycle. Dosed AF Bio S for 3 days to let the bacteria established in tank. Yesterday I noticed the water turned cloudy and dropped in a shrimp. Woke up to a cloudy mess today. Hopefully it'll subside soon. Bought a cabinet from IKEA and cable. Management box to hide all the wiring and sockets. Took a while to sort out the wiring.

Thanks for info bro. Got Vincent to do as ref sea has a default return plumbing already cemented. For me to order the adapter for the return will require alot of time.