Cycle is complete, now what?

[DarkHorseMBA]

Oh, and if you want to buy a fish, buy some cleaners. Do that for at least 3 or 4 more weeks. CHECK THEM FOR RED PLANARIA BEFORE INTRODUCING THEM INTO YOUR TANK.

What is "RED PLANARIA"?

[ErikH]

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/tbs/flatworms.jpg

[DarkHorseMBA]

Now that we've taken a little excursion, back to the topic on hand. Allan's right, you should still have nitrates, unless you're exporting them somehow. Since you don't have a skimmer installed, hold off on the fish. I'd go with the snails, keep lightly feeding, and add some cheato from another member. That will get your pod populations started and help with the tank's maturation process.

Have not done a water change to export Nitrates. Did another reading and it all 0, ammonia, nitrites & nitrate.

Also added 6 hermits, got 2 weeks until I leave, they are about 1 cm each! They quickly got lost in the tank.


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[CoryDude]

Then it sounds like your DSB is working jif nitrates are gone. Looks like you've got a good start.

[tony]

"So far I've have no algae, diatoms or anything of the sort." ...yet. You will, just hide and watch.

lol, agree

[DarkHorseMBA]

Then it sounds like your DSB is working jif nitrates are gone. Looks like you've got a good start.

That what I was wondering. Awesome!

[Reefer4ever]

I'm pretty sure that ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate can all be cycled out of a saltwater ecosystem? I think saltwater environments have little critters that freshwater can't contain, so freshwater only allows ammonia and nitrite to be converted into nitrates? Are one of the "little critters" that I'm talking about rhizobium?

[StevenSeas]

I'm pretty sure that ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate can all be cycled out of a saltwater ecosystem? I think saltwater environments have little critters that freshwater can't contain, so freshwater only allows ammonia and nitrite to be converted into nitrates? Are one of the "little critters" that I'm talking about rhizobium?

no, rhizobium is a bacteria that live on the outside of the roots of some plants. it takes inorganic nitrogen "fixes" it so that it is now organic nitrogen and that the plant may consume this and use it as building blocks for growth

http://tinyurl.com/24gl4r3

[Reefer4ever]

Inorganic nitrogen as in nitrogen gas(N2) being converted into organic nitrogen oxides(NO2, NO3), right?