What do you think?

[midtownman]

so i i finished my 90 gallon set up & i brought my ticket to the swap,so the question is do you this if i start my cycle by friday or so will my tank be ready cycled by swap time? i have about 50lbs of once live but now dry rock and dry reef sand.or would i have to use an accelarater like dr.tim's bacteria.

 

[noelskii]

Most people do the 1 day cycle lol. 1 month should be good enough...

 

[midtownman]

Most people do the 1 day cycle lol. 1 month should be good enough...

have i been away that long?one day?

 

[reefs4life]

I think you'll be ok however I would buy another 50lbs of live rock to seed your dead rock and sand rather than using that bacteria accelerator.

And I think what Noel means is that most people lately don't even have the patience to wait a month and somehow things end up working out. So...since you're actually being responsible and considering a full month cycle then you should definitely be ok if you stick to the whole month lol

 

[noelskii]

lol. Yea, what Fortunato said. I think they call it "Renegade Reefing".

 

[midtownman]

thanks guys i really want to stock up for the swap

 

[reefs4life]

No problem! You'll definitely be able to do that, just make sure you get that live rock, that's probably your most important thing right now.

And also, don't forget to start a tank thread!

 

[MatthewScars]

thanks guys i really want to stock up for the swap

HEAR THAT VENDORS!?

Dont one day cycle. Noel is a :bablefish

 

[Zuska]

i THIN THE BIGGER YOUR TANK IS THE LONGER IT HAS TO CYCLE. you def need to get more live rock to seed your tank, thats for sure, And maybe some live sand from someones tank. for 90g i would wait 2 months just to be safe.

 

[ecvernon]

Even if you cycle by then. Becarefull how much fish you add at once. You know how tempting it could be

 

[Rob&Gab]

I think you'll be ok however I would buy another 50lbs of live rock to seed your dead rock and sand rather than using that bacteria accelerator.

And I think what Noel means is that most people lately don't even have the patience to wait a month and somehow things end up working out. So...since you're actually being responsible and considering a full month cycle then you should definitely be ok if you stick to the whole month lol

it worked for us! my tank is now officially cycled after like 5 months of straight adding frags to it every day it cycled 2 months ago.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

And don't buy a ton of stuff at once !! Easy on the bio load!! ( at least that's what she said lol)

 

[midtownman]

thanks guys i wasnt gonna overload on fish i just dont wanna let all the good deals they have at the swap.go figure after like 8 or 9 swaps i'm still exicited like its my first

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

thanks guys i wasnt gonna overload on fish i just dont wanna let all the good deals they have at the swap.go figure after like 8 or 9 swaps i'm still exicited like its my first

Cause you never know what your gonna find

 

[midtownman]

Cause you never know what your gonna find

tell me about it i always spend more than im supposed to :headache:

 

[KathyC]

In the amount of time you have to cycle the tank, all you really need to cycle it is one decent piece of live rock to introduce the bacteria...and then you need to do what you can to encourage it to keep multiplying.

IMO I would avoid the additives as they are primarily nitrifying bacterias, and unless you already have a source of ammonia, you will just end up with a ton of nitrate (for your rocks and sand to adsorb) and throw things out of whack.

Do the raw shrimp thing to raise the ammonia level (unless you have plenty of dead crap in the current rocks).

DO remember that you need to feed the bacteria as it is multiplying! The bacterias that you want to encourage do need to eat! A pinch of flake food every few days will do that for you

I would also be sure to be running GFO and carbon already to pull more nonsense out of the rock you have in the tank. Doing so will not inhibit the bacterial growth.

 

[midtownman]

In the amount of time you have to cycle the tank, all you really need to cycle it is one decent piece of live rock to introduce the bacteria...and then you need to do what you can to encourage it to keep multiplying.

IMO I would avoid the additives as they are primarily nitrifying bacterias, and unless you already have a source of ammonia, you will just end up with a ton of nitrate (for your rocks and sand to adsorb) and throw things out of whack.

Do the raw shrimp thing to raise the ammonia level (unless you have plenty of dead crap in the current rocks).

DO remember that you need to feed the bacteria as it is multiplying! The bacterias that you want to encourage do need to eat! A pinch of flake food every few days will do that for you

I would also be sure to be running GFO and carbon already to pull more nonsense out of the rock you have in the tank. Doing so will not inhibit the bacterial growth.

thank you kathy i will do the raw shimp & flake food method,also i want to seed my tank with pods before i put fish in should i do that after the cycle?

 

[KathyC]

thank you kathy i will do the raw shimp & flake food method,also i want to seed my tank with pods before i put fish in should i do that after the cycle?

Yes, better to wait so the ammonia & nitrites don't kill 'em