Hi, I am new to SW tanks and this amazing Hobby! I am just starting my first SW tank, it is a 14G Biocube, but currently only has live rock. I am in the process of cycling my tank, it has now been one week since I began and have yet to see a spike in Ammonia as I have read this is suppose to happen. The only thing is I bought all previously cured rock, so maybe that is preventing or post-poning the spike. Either way I am going to give it a few more weeks until i begin to add a small Cleanup Crew. My current Readings since I would assume you would like to know this are:
PH 8.0 (ordered drops online to fix this should be in by monday next week)
Ammonia - 0
Nitrates- 0
Nitrites - 0
Calcium - unknown (in process of getting calcium test kit, also ordered online)
Alkalinity - Unknown (same reason as above).
I have much experience with other animals and I am looking for a new challenge, which is why I am getting into this hobby.
My current Animal collection contains the following:
1.1 Frilled Dragons
1.0 Red Tail Boa (Hypo - Salmon morph)
0.0.4 Tarantulas (P. metallica, B. smithi, G. Pulchripes formerly G. aureostriata, and C. fasciatum)
The animals I know the most about are the tarantulas, I have had over 30 tarantulas in the past 6 years and was forced to sell many of them as I recently moved across the country. Although it may be a long shot, if anyone out there wants to know anything about tarantulas perhaps we could swap info... a little quit pro quo.
Anyways That sums up about my entire life! Sorry for the long post, but I am excited to get further into this hobby!
Robb
PH 8.0 (ordered drops online to fix this should be in by monday next week)
Ammonia - 0
Nitrates- 0
Nitrites - 0
Calcium - unknown (in process of getting calcium test kit, also ordered online)
Alkalinity - Unknown (same reason as above).
I have much experience with other animals and I am looking for a new challenge, which is why I am getting into this hobby.
My current Animal collection contains the following:
1.1 Frilled Dragons
1.0 Red Tail Boa (Hypo - Salmon morph)
0.0.4 Tarantulas (P. metallica, B. smithi, G. Pulchripes formerly G. aureostriata, and C. fasciatum)
The animals I know the most about are the tarantulas, I have had over 30 tarantulas in the past 6 years and was forced to sell many of them as I recently moved across the country. Although it may be a long shot, if anyone out there wants to know anything about tarantulas perhaps we could swap info... a little quit pro quo.
Anyways That sums up about my entire life! Sorry for the long post, but I am excited to get further into this hobby!
Robb