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Where Are the Corals? Understanding the Nitrogen Cycle
This week I explain why the tank is still cycling, how ammonia becomes nitrite and nitrate, and why I’m waiting before stocking corals. Plus, the blog now has comments.
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Farm Log
I’m turning my basement, a plastic trough, and an unreasonable amount of PVC into a coral farm. Here’s how it’s going.
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A Field Trip Through the Meadowlands
I took a boat trip through the Meadowlands with people from work and SEA LIFE. October 9 update: ammonia 0.25 ppm, nitrite 2.0 ppm, and nitrate 80 ppm.
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Building the Light Bank
The drain and rack are sorted, I’ve got three more Radions, and the cycle is finally doing something.
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Bringing the System Online
I finally got water moving. This week was plumbing, getting the Apex online, adding mangroves, and staring at ammonia tests.
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