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hi, im back to basics now. i understand cycling need to go through ANN process. but the prob is, on the 1st nov, i started cycling with my seeded LRs, and a piece of market prawn in my 2footer. But, my seachem ammonia alert stripe show it was on the 'alert' side. Few days later it become back to safe, and nitrite was also undetectable. So i added another 2 pieces of market prawn. Nitrite is 0.3mg/l today when i measure with my tetra test kit. Am i on the right track? cycling started already rite? I read on the book, if using seeded LRs or sand, ammonia and nitrite will be undetectable. How true? :thanks:

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LOL! Good luck?? Hahahaha!!!

No lah.. when it rots, it'll be a source of ammonia.... much less crueler than subjecting fishes & livestock to toxic conditions if they are used instead as the ammonia source in a sterile tank.

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hi, im back to basics now. i understand cycling need to go through ANN process. but the prob is, on the 1st nov, i started cycling with my seeded LRs, and a piece of market prawn in my 2footer. But, my seachem ammonia alert stripe show it was on the 'alert' side. Few days later it become back to safe, and nitrite was also undetectable. So i added another 2 pieces of market prawn. Nitrite is 0.3mg/l today when i measure with my tetra test kit. Am i on the right track? cycling started already rite? I read on the book, if using seeded LRs or sand, ammonia and nitrite will be undetectable. How true? :thanks:

Ammonia will drop and then nitrite will rise... you're on the right track.

Probably your 'seeded' liverock and sandbed already has ample populations of the bacteria type that processes ammonia, hence the quick drop.

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Ammonia will drop and then nitrite will rise... you're on the right track.

Probably your 'seeded' liverock and sandbed already has ample populations of the bacteria type that processes ammonia, hence the quick drop.

but boss, one thing to clear from u. I still have 2 market prawn rotting in there, so there will be no ammonia when it's at the nitrite stage rite? no ammonia even the prawn is rotting?

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Think logically, if there is a huge carcass rotting in there, the ammonia levels will be higher than the nitrification rate can cope, right?... hence the detectable spike!

So when ammonia levels build to a highly toxic level... the tank could crash, which is why a good biological setup with ample populations of bacteria is important to cope with pollution spikes... it happens on a regular daily basis in our reef tanks... microlife dies, pods die, fishes die, corals die but you don't get the same kind of ammonia levels like in the beginning of cycling a tank where bacteria populations are new and still growing.

But if there are massive deaths all at once.... the crash will happen because the typical biological filtration will be overwhelmed... which is why reefing is all about balance between your limited setup and overstocking/overfeeding. ;)

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Tell u a story.... I heard someone ever throw in a few very large whole tiger prawns in a new tank to start a cycle.... he wondered why the whole house stank for a week and half! :lol:

He wasn't trying to just get an ammonia spike... more like an ammonia chart-breaking record! LOL!

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Tell u a story.... I heard someone ever throw in a few very large whole tiger prawns in a new tank to start a cycle.... he wondered why the whole house stank for a week and half! :lol:

He wasn't trying to just get an ammonia spike... more like an ammonia chart-breaking record! LOL!

:lol: seems like boss in gd mood today, provided alot of help in other threads. Shan't turn this into chatting thread! :whistle

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LOL! Good luck?? Hahahaha!!!

No lah.. when it rots, it'll be a source of ammonia.... much less crueler than subjecting fishes & livestock to toxic conditions if they are used instead as the ammonia source in a sterile tank.

Thks boss.How silly of me. :paiseh:

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