Tank cycling after upgrade/move - to change water or not?

s1214215 · 06-12-2005, 10:40 PM

Hi Reeflanders

Just another cycling question. I've just moved house and completely replaced my old crushed coral bed with a 5 inch DSB in the main tank and a 7 inch DSB in the refugium/algae reef. My live rock is all old rock - no new stuff.

Well I am still getting a cycling.. no surprise I guess. Is current .5 ppm ammonia. I don't want to do a water change should the ammonia get higher as I think its better to let the bacteria deal with it. What I wonder about is the ability if products like Ammo-lock and Prime to bind up the ammonia and nitrate and detoxify it. How reliable is this stuff and will my corals and fish be safe and un-irritated, or should I do some water changes? Currently I am using Ammo-lock as recommended on the bottle and the tank inhabitant seem fine.

saltjunkie · 06-12-2005, 10:43 PM

i have used prime and like it.. seen no ill effects...

06-12-2005, 10:40 PM	#1
s1214215 Tenant Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bangkok Posts: 56	Tank cycling after upgrade/move - to change water or not? Hi Reeflanders Just another cycling question. I've just moved house and completely replaced my old crushed coral bed with a 5 inch DSB in the main tank and a 7 inch DSB in the refugium/algae reef. My live rock is all old rock - no new stuff. Well I am still getting a cycling.. no surprise I guess. Is current .5 ppm ammonia. I don't want to do a water change should the ammonia get higher as I think its better to let the bacteria deal with it. What I wonder about is the ability if products like Ammo-lock and Prime to bind up the ammonia and nitrate and detoxify it. How reliable is this stuff and will my corals and fish be safe and un-irritated, or should I do some water changes? Currently I am using Ammo-lock as recommended on the bottle and the tank inhabitant seem fine. __________________ :slap:

06-12-2005, 10:43 PM	#2
saltjunkie Governor Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lakeland, Fl. Posts: 1,781	i have used prime and like it.. seen no ill effects... __________________ I am not a failure! I have just found 10,000 ways to do it wrong! rlowride@hotmail.com http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg

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