cycling help

[tornado0123]

I read on a thread somewhere that the bacteria need to brake down food wast etc come from the air as i do not have a skimmer or air pump i did this let me know if what i read is true and if you think this will help for now till i get paid or taxes also will live sand and bio spira help? pic below i put straw in my mraineland 400 it's not touching the propeller just sucking air it didn't come with the accessory kit for some reason.

 

[Saulsa]

I'm not sure on the bacteria being in the air honestly. What I do know and what I have always done is to seed the system with a cup of live sand or add live rock from a stable system. Bio spira will indeed help but I doubt it will lower your cycle period by a huge amount.

You should take the straw out in my opinion.

How long has your tank been cycling?

 

[tornado0123]

bout a week with the rinsed sand bout 9 days with the boiled rock think i'll buy 10 to 20lbs of live sand and biospira when i get my hood this weekend

 

[aquabull]

Agreed on the removal of the straw. Oxygen from surface disturbance (ripples) will be sufficient for nitrifying bacteria to do their job. Bubbles in the display tank will encourage salt creep and increase the potential for electrical hazards.

 

[aquabull]

Save the money on Biospira, and use it for live rock.

 

[tornado0123]

also is one 400gph marineland good enought for water current or do i need another on

 

[bluwinghawk]

heres a link that explains the process might help you out Nitrifying Bacteria & Aquarium Health got to run to pet store b4 they close good luck on your setup
Rick

 

[tornado0123]

sweet didn't know you could use filter media from freshwater tank to seed granny has 29 gal been going for years think i'll swipe some rock's

 

[aquabull]

Depending on the type of corals you wish to keep, the amount of flow needed may vary greatly. For example on the forereef, the waves are crushing and turbulent (sps tend to do better here). On the aftreef, the waves are still strong, but not nearly as much (sps,softies and some lps do well here). In lagoons and estuaries, the flow is greatly reduced, and soft corals such as mushrooms and polyps along with lps such as Euphyllids and Trachypyllias do better here.

For example, my 75g tank flows at a rate of nearly 90 times the tank water volume per hour (6500gph!)

 

[tornado0123]

wow!

 

[aquabull]

Yep. Corals don't read books, and don't care what we think!

 

[tornado0123]

guess i'll keep it to frogspawn, braincoral, and polyps, oh and mushrooms....maybe i could fry em up lol j/k