Cycling Aquarium

[dbroncos]

My question is should you cycle with or without the lights on if you are only using live rock and sand?

 

[-JoJoReefing-]

I cycle without lights, and this should give you less trouble with having a lot of algae.

 

[Uncle99]

+1

 

[vetteguy53081]

My question is should you cycle with or without the lights on if you are only using live rock and sand?

You can do either but lights are generally fine-just does not have to be at high intensity

 

[killer2001]

Low light, I'm talking less than 50 PAR.

 

[PigPen84]

Second the no or very low light. The more light you use the worse the “ugly” stage is going to be