dixaisy930
I'm trying really hard to act normal
A week ago I set up my first saltwater tank. I purchased about 20 lbs of live rock, and I had about 10 lbs of dead/base rock (in a 29 gallon). I bought uncured rock, since I was going to be cycling the tank. After shaking off all of the brown/dead stuff in the tank at the lfs, the LR looked very promising with lots of purple coraline. I didn't bothering testing the water since I assumed with the die off, I would get ammonia, thus starting the cycle. I tested my water last night and ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate were all 0. I was so disappointed. I bought BioSpira bacteria, and added food to the tank. This evening I tested the water: the ammonia 0, nitrite .25, and nitrate 10. Was is possible that the LR didn't bring anything along with it? No bacteria, no organisms what-so-ever? I would be really surprised, since it looked so promising. I'm just trying to make sense of these readings. Thanks