Cycling a reef tank
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I always do water change when im at the nitrate level. Your tank is not fully cycle yet with those test results when you have ammonia and nitrite. Patience is very important in this hobby.
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I want to do it right because I'm gonna do LPS and some sps corals and I got a nice setup with a Kessel 360we and a maxspect gyre 130 and the reef octopus bh 90 skimmer on the tank so I'm all for doing it the right way
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Now I know not to put a fish in the next time because the owner at the fish store said that you have to provoke the cycle because if you don't and let just the live rock and live sand in their it won't cycle so I don't know but where I live in Maryland there's not many places that you can goto for saltwater stuff
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we are not in full agreement the lfs was wrong. since he's already completed the move we were trying to see if hes barely able to care for the bioload present (white rocks) or fully able to care for the bioload, instantly (live rocks with life we could see as color deposits, growths etc)
its been stated that pending details about this system the lfs has a 50% chance of being right about no cycle.
even close up pics of the rocks could be shown for assessment, doesn't have to be whole tank picture.
its been stated that pending details about this system the lfs has a 50% chance of being right about no cycle.
even close up pics of the rocks could be shown for assessment, doesn't have to be whole tank picture.
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I was gonna do the shrimp but they said that it could cause too much of a spike of ammonia if you're not careful so I don't know but this is what they said so now it is what it is and hopefully everything works out and it looks like it's gonna because the fish is fine and the ammonia had to get higher than it is now because there's barely none in their
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Thanks for posting them it's always fun to try and piece together details from each person's cycling vantage point. I believe the rocks in the pic have some aging details to where the lfs was likely correct about them being able to filter instantly just fine. That was too fast to send someone home with live caught fish agreed prior as well. Your pics line up with our supposed details we had been kicking around.
In the end you did xfer live bacteria, speed cycled but no need to do much vs keep it free of algae, nice typical water changes and feeding etc. By skin of teeth I think we skip cycled lol. Those rascals at lfs
In the end you did xfer live bacteria, speed cycled but no need to do much vs keep it free of algae, nice typical water changes and feeding etc. By skin of teeth I think we skip cycled lol. Those rascals at lfs
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Yeah I didn't put the fish in there for 2 weeks into the cycle and this Saturday is 3 weeks and I didn't plan on adding anything until it was finished with the cycle but what kind of cleanup crew should I put in their since it's gonna be a reef tank
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Reef cleaners sells fine cuc kits there's no exact model to try, grab some snails and crabs start lightly, harmless. I wouldn't add like 100 of them though, a few. If we pushed bioload much more a revolt would follow! Lol
