Tank Cycling

i have a 48 gallon marine tank with a little over 30 pounds of live rock, 40 pounds of live sand the tank also has a blue green chromus i set up my tank last sundat it has been a week now and my amonia is sill at 0 why is this taking so long how can i speed it up i though it was only going to take 2 weeks and there is some drown is yellow algea growing on my rocks but there is very little what is going on with my tank the nitrite and nitrate ar at 0 as well and my ph is at 7.9:-/:-/:-/

 

newsreef - the hardest part of setting up a reef tank or any tank for that matter, is patience
many people enter the hobby becuase they have seen fully set up displays and naturally thats what they want - and are disspointed when they realise that these things are not instant if they are to be succesful and give more pleasure than heart ache

you have a fish in there, nature will do its job and your levels will spike and then fall

wait another 12 Sundays - and you will be ready for your next fish or coral if you want corals

if you allow your tank that 12 weeks between 1st fish and next addition your tank will be cycled, your water will be more mature and your next addition has a much greater chance of survival

rush it and you will be posting problems on a regular basis
take your time and you will be posting solutions to other peoples problem on a regular basis.



Steve

 

Well said steve.