Another Cycling Question

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I currently have Dry Rock and Dry Sand (Nuked with Bleach and Dried with multiple water rinses) and for cycling, could I place it in the tank along with nitrifying bacteria and will it cycle at a decent speed? I understand that all cycle times are different but yeah. I'm planning on using live rock + bio home with Aquavitro Seed and Aquaforest Pro Bio S + -NP Pro.

I started with live rock on my 20 gallon and it seems to have ich. :/ I now want a good start to my new 40b

Thank!

 

[reeferfoxx]

I currently have Dry Rock and Dry Sand (Nuked with Bleach and Dried with multiple water rinses) and for cycling, could I place it in the tank along with nitrifying bacteria and will it cycle at a decent speed? I understand that all cycle times are different but yeah. I'm planning on using live rock + bio home with Aquavitro Seed and Aquaforest Pro Bio S + -NP Pro.

I started with live rock on my 20 gallon and it seems to have ich. :/ I now want a good start to my new 40b

Thank!

Live rock doesn't come with Ich. Ich lives within the fish and only shows when they're stressed.

 

[reeferfoxx]

You soaked the dry rock in bleach? You need to soak the rock in water. I would maybe cure it in freshwater for a month.

 

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Hmm! Either way. I COULD buy a small piece of live rock from a lfs but if I don't have to, rather not.

 

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Did that

 

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The rock and sand is all ready, but just wanna make sure I'm not wasting the bacteria and sitting around for no reason.

 

[reeferfoxx]

The rock and sand is all ready, but just wanna make sure I'm not wasting the bacteria and sitting around for no reason.

If you cured the rock properly, I would say go for it.

 

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Got it! Thanks

 

[reeferfoxx]

I used bio-spira and added the first fish 3 days later. After 30 days, add another fish. Keep your lights off for that first month.