I guess this will have to be my update for these 2 weeks. Rochelle is doing a wonderful job helping me keep up with the regular schedule. I got home last night after midnight and checked chemistry. I detected the slightest trace of ammonia and it was a little disconcerting since the tank had an 80% water change 4 hours earlier. I decided to up the afternoon water change to 80% as well, and setup a controller to add prime.
I also checked the status of my cycling canister filter. How long is that d**m thing going to take? Still solid nitrite readings. I'm using the w/c water to cycle the canister. Every day it gets the same water change.
I took these pictures before cleaning the tank. Someone asked in another thread (Ricardo?) if I get algae from the long light period and you can see from the pics that there's a little after a week but not bad.
I'm only going to be able to come home once next week but I feel a little more comfortable now.
Cheers everyone!
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