New Tank Cycle

[Travis Stewart]

Going to be starting a new tank soon. Will be starting with dry rock and aragonite substrate. ALL dry rock has been acid washed. I will put a couple pieces of live rock in sump from current system to help seed the new. I will be dosing amonia to start nitrogen cycle and later start adding nitrifying bacteria once I see ammonia fade away. I will get tank to correct temp and SG. Any other recommendations besides of course being patient until I see my cycle?

 

[brandon429]

that will work

are you skipping using all live rock to save costs, just wondering. it sure is nice not to have to wait two years for color set in, although you have invaders controlled pretty well depending on the sump rock w the plan.

 

[Travis Stewart]

that will work

are you skipping using all live rock to save costs, just wondering. it sure is nice not to have to wait two years for color set in, although you have invaders controlled pretty well depending on the sump rock w the plan.

Money isn’t the thought here. I wanted to glue a scape as well and is a little easier with dry rock. I really am looking to rid any pests or PO4 from leaching...

 

[Travis Stewart]

that will work

are you skipping using all live rock to save costs, just wondering. it sure is nice not to have to wait two years for color set in, although you have invaders controlled pretty well depending on the sump rock w the plan.

I really want to eliminate any possible external sources of algae from the get go

 

[brandon429]

that's a good way, and if they ever do show up on snail shells/other skeletal inclusions have a really serious means of killing them off the rocks right up front, agreed totally. I used to partially drain my tank down to the req'd access level, then to really bad things to the algae such that it was totally blackened like daffy duck when his shotgun turned around on him in error

 

[Travis Stewart]

that's a good way, and if they ever do show up on snail shells/other skeletal inclusions have a really serious means of killing them off the rocks right up front, agreed totally. I used to partially drain my tank down to the req'd access level, then to really bad things to the algae such that it was totally blackened like daffy duck when his shotgun turned around on him in error

I do hate that I will have to wait for rocks to color up as it really does take a long time. I just don’t see any other routes to make sure the tank is safe from nussiance

 

[brandon429]

its better to prioritize the nuisance in my opinion agreed, in larger tanks. if you were doing it w all live rocks I could no longer recommend the classic 90s wall stack which I personally think looks the best. Id have to have smaller, removable reef bommies that could be lifted out and burned if needed, I care about no invasions that much.

you could get away with having a more classic stack much safer if you guide it carefully, qt all additions etc in good order agreed. I know there are amazing old huge tanks w the shelf scaping but its a risky mode moreso than I could allow myself to put ten years into. im into modular/partable/accessible outside the tank as needed even with massive corals grown into place (they'll pretty much tolerate emersion for emergencies) as my own branch of invasion refusal./ understood.

tricks like fluconazole have been a big headache reliever in bigger tanks too.