Remove fleece roller?

Notsolostfish · Jul 30, 2023

Im filling my tank tomorrow, and i have a roller matt by red sea plumbed in with the fleece in it do i remove that for the cycle, and just leave the roller matt in?

LPS Bum · Jul 30, 2023

Why would you remove it? I cycled my Gen 2 625 tank with the ReefMat and it went great.

The ReefMat will pull out detritus but not beneficial bacteria. I’d continue running it. You may want to leave the skimmer off for a couple of weeks though.

Notsolostfish · Jul 30, 2023

LPS Bum said:
Why would you remove it? I cycled my Gen 2 625 tank with the ReefMat and it went great.

The ReefMat will pull out detritus but not beneficial bacteria. I’d continue running it. You may want to leave the skimmer off for a couple of weeks though.

Oh really? I didn't know somebody mentioned to remove the fleece while cycling but wasn't sure

dmsc2fs · Jul 31, 2023

Leave it in.

DrDirt · Dec 1, 2023

Agreed it will not interfere with tank cycling

FernBluffReef · Dec 1, 2023

Opposite for me.

I left the fleece out on both of my tanks when cycling. Waited about 7-10 days before I installed the media rolls. Added fish day 14-20. No ill effects either

So either way seems to work

Reef. · Dec 1, 2023

Notsolostfish said:
Oh really? I didn't know somebody mentioned to remove the fleece while cycling but wasn't sure

I would remove it, your tank is new, no detritus to remove or very little, remove too many nutrients and it will likely cause dinos which you really don’t want.

dschuffert · Dec 1, 2023

I think either is fine. I have always left the filter roll in without issue.

Notsolostfish · Dec 1, 2023

Reef. said:
I would remove it, your tank is new, no detritus to remove or very little, remove too many nutrients and it will likely cause dinos which you really don’t want.

Uh. This thread is old the tank is 4 months old. And i have coralline algae growing, and my corals are encrusting hahahaha. Im not even joking