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Test Kits!
Which are important tests to run as new tank set-up? Any brands better than others? Also still have about 150+ lbs of rock... will let it go pretty cheap or trade for stuff I might need!
Coldwave21- Clownfish
- Location : Grand Forks, ND
Number of posts : 51
Age : 38
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Calcium, alk, nitrates. Ammonia during cycling. I have salifert and another kind, maybe red sea? I'm lazy and hardly ever test although I did last night!
GoingPostal- Mod
- Location : Int'l Falls, MN
Number of posts : 1479
Age : 38
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I have Salifert for my Alk ,Ca and mag. but use api for all the others.
I might be intrested in a few pounds of rock.
I might be intrested in a few pounds of rock.
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Yeah, cause every newbie has one of those.
plnelson- Admin
- Location : Bemidji
Number of posts : 610
Age : 42
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for starting out just get the API. Sould be like 40 bucks for all the test you need to start with. I like the Salifert my self but thay will run you $30 a test kit.
danreefs- Great White
- Location : brainerd
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Age : 51
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So talk about cycling. It is my understanding that cycling is something that occurs until you get things set up and running correctly, and the bacteria are growing well to handle the "bio-load" aka your critters and stuff. Once your ammonia is down and your bacteria are handling your bio-load, you have a skimmer running etc that means your tank is now stable and you can add more critters little by little, testing your ammonia to make sure it is not building for some reason, (dead sea slug or some such cause) But cycling should not continue to occur or that means something is out of whack. Correct?
Nannook- Lion Fish
- Location : Weatherford Texas, but my heart in in Duluth
Number of posts : 359
Age : 65
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