[sgarron]

amonia 0
alk 80
ph 8.0
no2 over 10
no3 over 200
total hardness 240
salinity 1.025

is this normal and what is total hardness

[emccullough1]

It looks like you are in to the cycle You should see your No2 drop to 0 soon then your no3 should folow in the next fue days . I gessing you are using LR and LS my total hardness runs a little higher around 450 , your total alkalinity is way low should be higher, are you using a buffer ? and ph just a little low , but I dont think it will stay that way if you dont fix the alkalinity. Take some watter in to your LFS and see what thay say.

[Tonz of fun]

Hey Ed do you think he should wait until his cycle has finished befor using a buffer?

[rlcline76]

C'mon, no sarcasm. Too much confrontation during the last week. We can offer useful suggestions without it. Break time. I would just wait a little while, you have just finished week 1.

Becky

[emccullough1]

Tons of fun
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