2 month cycle and still high

what would the best time of the day be to test your ph?

 

i have 70 lbs of lr and 125 lbs of live sand

 

any cheato or calupa

 

not yet

 

these algaes will help with nitrate reduction. but you also need to bring that ph up with a buffer or test for alk

 

well i dont really think this is the type of forums to answer that question.

midday. your ph drops at night and then rise back up in the day. i has to do with drop off of photosynthesis and increase in co2 i believe. which is why people run fuges on a reverse daylight cycle to reduce the change

 

got it, should test PH during the midday. i just did a PH test now and it was at 8.0 so i added some buffer and the cloudiness just dissapeared. thats good right? i just dont understand why i am getting a 0 reading in amonia...tank is 4 weeks old. i did the shrimp thing over 2 weeks ago, then added 4 damsels but 2 died, 1 i cant find another is stuck to the filter...they said at the lfs to leave it in there so i did. since then i got 2 more damsels and have been fine with the 2 original. still dont know why i get 0 amonia.

 

maybe you have 0 ammonia. ;Dlol
a bunch of people people with clean lr dont have any ammonia after 2 weeks.
when i first cycled my lr i didnt have ammonia after week.

also from now on i would only add one fish at a time, i wouldnt add anymore fish for a month

 

lol, should i just leave the tank alone for 2 more weeks? do you think the tank might be cycled? or not a chance...to early? i was thinking of adding a clown fish to see how he will do, not certain

 

for the ph, just dissolve a pinch of buffer in your top off water. then you are adding just a small amt every day. this should keep things stable.