Tank Cycle

[fixedwing]

Hello, let me start with a little back ground. I purchased 100lbs of Marcorock back in March and placed it, along with 10-15 lbs of clean live rock, into a brute container around March 15th. I also added a couple small bottles of bacteria along with a shrimp to keep the bacteria alive. Over the next few months I replaced the shrimp a couple times until I was ready to use the rock. I just setup my tank this past weekend and now I'm starting to wonder if I'll even have a true tank cycle. I threw in a quarantined chromis, raw shrimp and a seasoned bag of ceramic media that's been in my coral QT for over 6 weeks. In addition, I'm also using Brightwell Aquatics MicroBacter7 and hope to see some kind of moment in my ammonia levels. As of today, 4 days since water has been introduced, my ammonia still sits at zero. I'm sure there are plenty of people who have similar stories, so I'd like to know what to expect from a cycling point of view or will I even cycle since I cured my rock for so long?

 

[Reefing Madness]

You will not have a cycle. What you did was Fully Cure your rock prior to setting up your tank. You are good to go.

 

[fixedwing]

That's what I was thinking. I did however have rock sitting out for about an hour as I was setting up the tank, surely Im past any knd of spike from any bacteria that died off, right?

 

[Reefing Madness]

As long as the Rock didnt' dry out, your not going to have a problem.

 

[fixedwing]

Great, thanks for the reassurance.

 

[glb]

What are your nitrates?


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12g Nanoreef. Zooanthids, Ricordia, Star Polyps, Acans and two clownfish. CF Lighting, 75% actinic blue, 25% 10,000k white.

 

[fixedwing]

They haven't registered as of yesterday.