15G marine tank ( Newbie _ Help ! )

[Aung Thu Ice]

Hi all, This is my tank.

cycling for 3-4 days.

the water are still cloudy .

I am thinking of adding in nitrifying bacteria

Tank Specs

Nuvo Nano 20 (2ft x 1ft x 1ft ) 15 gallon

IM Ghost protein Skimmer (Destop)

IM marine sky light (18W ) x 2

mediums ( ROWA carbon + BioSphere)

Red sea coral pro salt

Caribsea Arag-Alive Bahamas OOlite Sand (20lbs)

Parameters are as shown in the pic

[rekian]

Yup, did you get live rock? Any decaying matter that is causing your ammonia to spike. Is good to dose bacteria when cycling new tank and even mature tank to grow the bacteria colony and replace them.

[Aung Thu Ice]

yup, i put the liverocks inside.

thinking of dosing bacteria this afternoon.

[waterperson]

Nice tank!

Its about one month before cycling is complete. So before that water is cloudy and smell a little foul. Ammonia should be zero and nitrate below 20ppm before you can add anything.

You can start your water change regime once your ammonia is zero and add livestock slowly eg one a week or 2 weeks. Later there will be a brown diatom bloom that covers your liverock. Pretty ugly but they go off after couple days to a week. You might want to off the lights to discourage algae growth.

Happy reefing!

[asg]

Bro, just add some filter wool and dont do anything for the next few weeks except testing the water para and washing the filter wool.

[waterperson]

lol forgot about the bacteria dosing. Never used them myself so i cannot comment. Heard that they helped to shorten the cycling period. So no harm trying, since its a long month wait.

[Admiraltian]

Dosing bacteria definitely shorten the cycling process. No doubt abt it.

[Aung Thu Ice]

Bro, just add some filter wool and dont do anything for the next few weeks except testing the water para and washing the filter wool.

Yup bro , I will add in. Thanks

Just got my bacteria.

On the way home to dose !!

Thanks to Green Emrald @mersiling

Nearest from woodlands .

[Aung Thu Ice]

ammonia spike !!!

And traces of NO2 and NO3 !!

So excited !

What should I do next?

To bring the the ammonia , I added Bacterias .

[Daniel Poh Yang Zheng]

Just wait for the tank to cycle... It is a waiting game nw...continue to dose bacteria..

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[Immanuel Tan]

hi. fyi your tank is 20gal not 15gal.

[Aung Thu Ice]

hi. fyi your tank is 20gal not 15gal.

24 x 12 x 12 =3456 cu. inches

3456 divided by 231 = 14.96 gallons or rounded off as

15 GALLONS ??

[daveyy]

24 x 12 x 12 =3456 cu. inches

3456 divided by 231 = 14.96 gallons or rounded off as

15 GALLONS ??

Your tank name already state 20 gallon.

And the dimension is as below (pull from online), unless you measured otherwise.

• Dimensions: Length: 24” Width: 15” Height: 13”

[Aung Thu Ice]

Your tank name already state 20 gallon.

And the dimension is as below (pull from online), unless you measured otherwise.

• Dimensions: Length: 24” Width: 15” Height: 13”

yeah my bad.

including the sump behind, its 20 gallons,

i was measuring only the front area.

[Immanuel Tan]

Don't want u to add wrong amount of dosage of any stuffs infuture if u wanna add into your tank.

[waterperson]

Ammonia spike is a normal sign the tank is cycling. It should take 7-10 days for the ammonia to continue to climb. Then one fine day it will suddenly drop to low or zero. Same for nitrite.

Nitrate experience is a little different from last time i ask around. Mine dropped to almost zero, some reefers just do large water change to drop it. Maybe becos i have algae turf scrubber and chaeto in sump.

[Aung Thu Ice]

Looks like bacteria are working so hard to covert XD

[Aung Thu Ice]

ammonia has dropped !! Does that means I can start put in my cleaner crew !?

[Aung Thu Ice]

Pic

[Daniel Poh Yang Zheng]

No nt yet... Got to wait for no2 to drop first.. If u can really hold on... No3 too

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[waterperson]

Ammonia and nitrite must be undectectable. Nitrate preferably below 20ppm. If u put in put in clean up crew now, high chance they will up lorry. Its hard but a patience goes a long way.

[melvinkuan15]

Bro ask you where u get your tank? How much is the tank? I quite intrested the tank that you show.

[Daniel Poh Yang Zheng]

Melvin.. U can find the tank at freshnmarine

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[melvinkuan15]

Sori where is the place freshman ?

[Daniel Poh Yang Zheng]

It is a online business. Freshnmarine.com.sg if nt wrong

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