Getting a Motoro nxt week, few Quick Questions...

[skylineiz]

yeah you want your ammonia and nitrite to both be at 0 at all times. What is very likely to happen when you add the ray is that the ammonia will spike because your filter does not have enough BB(beneficial bacteria). What happens in a cycled tank is that the bacteria in your filter breaks down ammonia(toxic) into nitrite(also toxic) which is than broken down to nitrates(much less toxic). Nitrates are removed by waterchanges. Rays produce a lot of waste for their size so when a ray is added to this tank, the filter and bacteria are not going to be able to cope with all of the waste and wont be able to break down ammonia and nitrite quick enough so the ammonia will spike.

thanks alot for the advice, youve been uber helpful!!
so, if at the worst case scenario, it keeps spiking, (from what from i have learned from searching and reading other threads. I just keep doing water changes daily?

 

[imback]

did you say gravel then thats no good either bare bottom or sand gravel will basically kill them

 

[skylineiz]

did you say gravel then thats no good either bare bottom or sand gravel will basically kill them

that's a prity bold statement? care to justify?

i duno i have seen heaps of rays in gravel...
its not sharp...?

 

[imback]

well true buy only certain gravel will work but i het what your saying though

 

[stingray94]

thanks alot for the advice, youve been uber helpful!!
so, if at the worst case scenario, it keeps spiking, (from what from i have learned from searching and reading other threads. I just keep doing water changes daily?

here's a link to the bio spira that I was talking about:
http://www.aquariumplants.com/product_p/biosp02.htm
I know that the one in the link says that its for saltwater, I didn't know that they had different ones for fresh and saltwater but the website gives you some info on what it does. Make sure to get the refrigerated kind, it is very important that you do because the bacteria in the non refrigerated kind is probably dead. to sum up what the website says this stuff is like biological filtration in a bottle. It prevents ammonia and nitrite toxicity. It should make it so that your nitrite and ammonia don't spike so you shouldn't have to do daily waterchanges.

 

[skylineiz]

nice!
only problem is i cant find any lfs that sell it, let alone any australian online stores....
the lfs's got some tank cycle stuff that your pour in into your filter everyday. Doubt its as good as bio-spira, but looks like its my only option...