what is ammonium

[paul wh]

as you can see from my other posts im pretty new i have just finished testing for today and my tank is showing 0.4 ammonium what is it how is it caused and it has drop from0.5
im just wondering if its part of the cycle as ive just placed my first rock in
also my skimmer does not seem to be doing a great deal is they because there is not a lot in the water ?????????
cheers buddies

[chrisfont23]

Ammonia is an organic compound made up of nitrogen and oxygen(NO3) that. In your tank is either the waste poduced from a consumed organism, such as food, or a decaying organism such as the dead shrimp currently rotting in my tank. Ammonia is the first step in cycling a fish tank. In a new tank and elevyated level of No3 will be followed by a drop in No3 accompanied by an elevated level of Nitrites. An elevated level of Nitrites will be followed by a drop in Nitrites and a ris in Nitrates. Once you test for 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites with a traceable level of Nitrates, your tank is basically cycled.

[chrisfont23]

Grammar nightmare. Mods when will this site allow us to edit on an iPad ?

[Reefing Madness]

What is the Nitrogen (Cycle) Cycling Process? - The Nitrogen Cycle in a Marine Saltwater Aquarium

[paul wh]

thanks for that so the cycle has started now on to my protein skimmer i dont seem to be getting many bubble spoke to the man at the rock shop today ( who didnt sell me the skimmer) he reconed it was because there was very little waiste in my tank yet and said that about 24 hr after placing the rock in there some think will start to come through the skimmer just got home from work and there is some dirty looking water in the cup but still no real foam to speke of but loads it the skimmer body

[chrisfont23]

thanks for that so the cycle has started now on to my protein skimmer i dont seem to be getting many bubble spoke to the man at the rock shop today ( who didnt sell me the skimmer) he reconed it was because there was very little waiste in my tank yet and said that about 24 hr after placing the rock in there some think will start to come through the skimmer just got home from work and there is some dirty looking water in the cup but still no real foam to speke of but loads it the skimmer body

Correct. A skimmer is great, don't get me wrong, but I don't think it has a place in the cycle, until it's complete and for a few weeks beyond to establish a CUC. There will be people that disagree.

[Reefing Madness]

Which kind of SKimmer do you have? Is it adjusted right? New skimmers also have a break in period, in which it burns off the factory film on the plastic. To get this off before running the skimmer, you can clean it or soak it in vineager and water. And, your Local guy is correct, there isn't alot of gunk in the water to take out yet, once the rock is entered into the system, you will get die off, and that should make you a froth.

[paul wh]

i have a V2 300 its seem ok i think its just the new tank thing

[paul wh]

well today have a little more foam but i do have ntrate 0.6 up 0.5 and ammonium 1.0 up .6 so i guess we are have a real cycle now ok do i just sit back and let it run its coarse i was going to do a water change next week end but do i wait till its finished

[Reefing Madness]

Water Changes in the Cycling Aquarium - The First Tank Guide - Don't Water Changes Keep the Biological Filter from Maturing?

[paul wh]

ok so im going to do a small water change next saturday about 15% 36 lt following that im prob going to get another 15 kg of rock i read the link you sent me and i dont have any fish yet and prob wont get any for at least 6 months how ever i will be getting some snails at some point how long should i wait i was hoping that if things start to dip i would be looking at next sunday ish

[Reefing Madness]

ok so im going to do a small water change next saturday about 15% 36 lt following that im prob going to get another 15 kg of rock i read the link you sent me and i dont have any fish yet and prob wont get any for at least 6 months how ever i will be getting some snails at some point how long should i wait i was hoping that if things start to dip i would be looking at next sunday ish

you'll be safe to put your snails in there, no worries. No fish for 6 months?? Why is that?

[paul wh]

to be honest there are only a couple on fish i like in prefer shimps and snails and other inverts also corals hard and soft
i think im going to leave the tank alone till next week (unless something goes very wrong when testing )
i wont to see what treads the cycle takes as long as somethink does not go off the clock

[FoMoCo Master Tech]

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