shrimp cycling

LilRobb;604375 wrote: Ammonia is present
Nitrite is ZERO
Nitrate is present

Any clues what is going on?
All three are always present but the first two should be undetectable.
 
LilRobb;604401 wrote: But then where do the Nitrates come from?

there's enough of the bacteria to convert nitrites to nitrates, it will all settle eventually
 
JennM;601524 wrote: dry base rock has no biological
Jenn


everything has bacteria...

everything on this planet.. (save sterilized medical equipment)


oh and fire, fire doesn't have bacteria..

but everything else.. yeah.. billions and billions of 'em..



leave the shrimp in there till it is completely gone..
add cleanup crew after you see the diatom appear on the sand..
 
Which bacteria lives in pure bleach?
I must have had gazillions of those on the rock, haha

I am sure there were some Staphylobacter on it, but no denitrifying ones, and I am sure Jenn meant those
 
Rbredding;604607 wrote: everything has bacteria...

everything on this planet.. (save sterilized medical equipment)


oh and fire, fire doesn't have bacteria..

but everything else.. yeah.. billions and billions of 'em..

Point taken. However in the context of which I made this statement, there is presumably not enough of the correct types of bacteria to support livestock. You are clever enough to know that's what I meant.

Jenn
 
JennM;604609 wrote: Point taken. However in the context of which I made this statement, there is presumably not enough of the correct types of bacteria to support livestock. You are clever enough to know that's what I meant.

Jenn

I guess my point is that unless you're actively trying to kill bacteria, bacteria is always growing at an exponential rate..

there's no real need to do anything but wait.. (aside from actually helping your tank by going through the cycling process slowly) it takes longer, but, there are no adverse affects to riding it out...


and all the "right type / quantity" of bacteria will be there when the cycle is complete..
 
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