Do you need a powerhead while in the cycle process?
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Salty1962
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It's true that most of your nitrifying bacteria is on surfaces but why remove any during cycling your tank with skimming?
den75
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Because I believe the amount you would remove, if any would be negligible. Like others have said as well, it's a good time to get the whole system up and running and work out any kinks. I'm sure either way would be fine, but that's my reasoning for doing it like that.
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Busa1340
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Actually just filled the tank well almost. I'm taking this very slow so I don't mind if my cycle takes 2 months lol I just like asking questions before hand instead of guessing which in this hobby is a no no. Lol
what kind of live rock did you use
coralline spotted, or dry? we had so many people trying to do an ammonia cycle using rocks that already have coralline and living animals, that we had to do a counter-thread to stop doing that lol
coralline spotted, or dry? we had so many people trying to do an ammonia cycle using rocks that already have coralline and living animals, that we had to do a counter-thread to stop doing that lol
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Busa1340
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I'm using the Pukani dry.. It soaked for a week or so just to get some of the gunk off. But there's still some stuff on them a lot cleaner but I did this just to have a head start on the cycle just my thought process.
chefjpaul
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Nice.
Maybe check for Phosphate after a few days to a week during the start of the cycle. If it's high from the rock, that is best time to strip it.
