Just Checking

The water has been in for abot 3 weeks.
The Live Rock and Arag-alive sand have been in the tank for 10 days.
The ammonia has been steady at .25 for 3 days
The Nitrite at .2 for 3 days.
There are Hundreds of Pods scooting around.
About a dozen teeny-tiny snails on the glass.
About a half dozen M+M size filter feeders have shown their crowns.
(Apastasia?).

I`m just checking----does this sound about normal for my tank`s stage of the
game?

thanks as always

It does not look out of the ordinary.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



StringerBell wrote on 9/25/2006 8:06 PM:
The water has been in for abot 3 weeks.
The Live Rock and Arag-alive sand have been in the tank for 10 days.
The ammonia has been steady at .25 for 3 days
The Nitrite at .2 for 3 days.
There are Hundreds of Pods scooting around.
About a dozen teeny-tiny snails on the glass.
About a half dozen M+M size filter feeders have shown their crowns.
(Apastasia?).

I`m just checking----does this sound about normal for my tank`s stage of the
game?

thanks as always

"StringerBell" wrote in message
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The water has been in for abot 3 weeks.
The Live Rock and Arag-alive sand have been in the tank for 10 days.
The ammonia has been steady at .25 for 3 days
The Nitrite at .2 for 3 days.
There are Hundreds of Pods scooting around.
About a dozen teeny-tiny snails on the glass.
About a half dozen M+M size filter feeders have shown their crowns.
(Apastasia?).

I`m just checking----does this sound about normal for my tank`s stage of
the game?

Sounds fine. It appears that your ammonia levels are no longer rising
because it is being metabolised into nitrite and your nitrite into nitrate.

This might be a good time to check your nitrate levels.

Your cycle could last as long as long as 30 days before ammonia levels start
to really fall.
Every tank is different so there is no way to say exactly how long it will
take.

Relax and have a beer.


thanks as always

"b o o g e r" .@. wrote in message
m...

Every tank is different so there is no way to say exactly how long it will
take.

Relax and have a beer.


Sounds good---I think I`ll make it a nice Leffe Blonde----or maybe a Chimay.
I wish I could buy you all a nice frosty one (or better yet, a slightly
warmer Belgian Ale) for holding my cyber hand through this project.
Cheers Y`all

Sounds good---I think I`ll make it a nice Leffe Blonde----or maybe a
Chimay. I wish I could buy you all a nice frosty one (or better yet, a
slightly warmer Belgian Ale) for holding my cyber hand through this
project.
Cheers Y`all

Good luck.

Don't you mean "metabolized"
Nice booger.
If your going to call people on grammar and English
YALL BETTER BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR !




"b o o g e r" .@. wrote in message
m...

"StringerBell" wrote in message
news
The water has been in for abot 3 weeks.
The Live Rock and Arag-alive sand have been in the tank for 10 days.
The ammonia has been steady at .25 for 3 days
The Nitrite at .2 for 3 days.
There are Hundreds of Pods scooting around.
About a dozen teeny-tiny snails on the glass.
About a half dozen M+M size filter feeders have shown their crowns.
(Apastasia?).

I`m just checking----does this sound about normal for my tank`s stage of
the game?

Sounds fine. It appears that your ammonia levels are no longer rising
because it is being metabolised into nitrite and your nitrite into
nitrate.

This might be a good time to check your nitrate levels.

Your cycle could last as long as long as 30 days before ammonia levels
start to really fall.
Every tank is different so there is no way to say exactly how long it will
take.

Relax and have a beer.


thanks as always

"TheRock" wrote in message
news:M8%Rg.594$Dq3.178@trndny06...
Don't you mean "metabolized"
Nice booger.
If your going to call people on grammar and English
YALL BETTER BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR !


That's a little picky eh rocky? Considering all the garbage you just
spewed?

Picky with you Booger old pal ???
Consider me an equal opportunity ball buster.
I'm watching you boog.


"b o o g e r" .@. wrote in message
m...

"TheRock" wrote in message
news:M8%Rg.594$Dq3.178@trndny06...
Don't you mean "metabolized"
Nice booger.
If your going to call people on grammar and English
YALL BETTER BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR !


That's a little picky eh rocky? Considering all the garbage you just
spewed?

"TheRock" wrote in message
news:Br%Rg.4084$Zj4.1425@trndny04...
Picky with you Booger old pal ???
Consider me an equal opportunity ball buster.
I'm watching you boog.

It's ball-buster OR ballbuster Rock! Not ball buster. Got ya!

http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=ballbuster
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ball-buster

I'm glad to see you're catching on and realized that I'm the one to watch.

You might just LEARN something.

"b o o g e r" .@. wrote in message m...
Sounds fine. It appears that your ammonia levels are no longer rising
because it is being metabolised into nitrite and your nitrite into nitrate.

This might be a good time to check your nitrate levels.

Eh, booger - you do not know enough to be my teacher!

This is bad advice... no point of measuring nitrates
with aquarium kits, yet! They all work reducing
nitrates to nitrites first, and then showing
the level of nitrites... So if in your test sample
are any detectable nitrites than your nitrates
test will be way skewed towards too-high nitrates.

Wait for all nitrites to be gone and than you
can conclude that your tank finished the cycle.