Day 21 of the cycle and I can't really report... anything.
No diatoms, no cyano... sooooo boring! All of a sudden I have no patience.
Nitrite .5 ppm Salifert
Nitrate 50 ppm Salifert
Ammonia undetectable API test and Alert Badge
Phosphate .03 ppm Salifert
Temp 78 Apex
Salinity 35.6 ppt Apex, 1.026 refractometer
pH 8.1 Apex
Tried testing Alk with Salifert and came up with 9.3. Don't think I did it right and now I want a Hanna, lol.
Using Instant Ocean
Dosing:
ZeoBak 3 drops Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays
Sponge Power 3 drops per day
ZeoStart .3ml X2 daily
Rich's skimate 1 cap full per day lol.
My 12 gallon ATO reservoir lasts 10 days, not bad.
Skimmer seems broken in but not fully tuned yet, I think it needs to be raised up an inch or two.
Working on a fish and invertebrate stocking list.
In the meantime Rich is growing out some frags for me (jk), lol.
