SRC Member sjsheng Posted January 17, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 17, 2004 I just setup a QT 1 week ago i put a market prawn to kick start the cycle after 1 week i remove the prawn... now i notice my ammonia is about 1.5mg and nitrite are 0.8mg ok... so i remove the prawn... now how am i going to reduce the ammonia level ? should i do a 20% water changes to reduce the ammonia and nitrite level? other parameter PH 8.3 SG 1.025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Cleartank Posted January 17, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 17, 2004 IMHO, you just need to buy a internal filter and drop it into your main for a week or two, then remove it and place it into your QT with some live sand from the main, your QT should do fine by now... or at least mine does!!! Cheers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member junyong84 Posted January 17, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 17, 2004 y not use the water from ur old tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member dravan Posted January 17, 2004 SRC Member Share Posted January 17, 2004 any liverocks are any other media of bio filtration? juz wait for the ammonia to drop naturally lohz... juz like cycling a main tANk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member sjsheng Posted January 17, 2004 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 17, 2004 i nv use any sand for my QT... well i just using a simple ineternal filter for my QT.... i only place some ceramic inside my QT and some ehiem bio staff.. just a simple setup... i just change 20% of the water.. and the nitrite lvl is under control... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 You will have to let it cycle fully..no point changing water...once you add the fish in for quarantine the tank will still undergo 'New tank syndrome'. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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