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185g with 40g sump
- no live rock
- fresh live sand
- 4 liters of matrix bio filtration (half in reactor and had in media bag sitting in sump)
- large skimmer (currently off)
- Dosing bioculture twice a day
So I have a handful of small cocktail shrimp
In the sump and have been ghost feeding. I had the ammonia spike to 2.0ppm but has been sitting at .5ppm (test daily). Tank has had water in it for 10 days. Fully running for 6 days.
Did I get enough of a spike? I have not shown any signs of diatoms or algae.
My other thought is that at 225g of volume and the heavy filtration. Am I safer by adding a fish than someone starting out a 20g nano? I have shrimp rotting in there and can’t get over .5ppm ammonia. My thought is that a fish can’t have as much bio load as rotting shrimp and I’m showing only .5ppm.
Thanks for any advice. I’m patient. I just feel like I’m stalling the cycle....
- no live rock
- fresh live sand
- 4 liters of matrix bio filtration (half in reactor and had in media bag sitting in sump)
- large skimmer (currently off)
- Dosing bioculture twice a day
So I have a handful of small cocktail shrimp
In the sump and have been ghost feeding. I had the ammonia spike to 2.0ppm but has been sitting at .5ppm (test daily). Tank has had water in it for 10 days. Fully running for 6 days.
Did I get enough of a spike? I have not shown any signs of diatoms or algae.
My other thought is that at 225g of volume and the heavy filtration. Am I safer by adding a fish than someone starting out a 20g nano? I have shrimp rotting in there and can’t get over .5ppm ammonia. My thought is that a fish can’t have as much bio load as rotting shrimp and I’m showing only .5ppm.
Thanks for any advice. I’m patient. I just feel like I’m stalling the cycle....