possible to skip the cycle?
- Thread starter saggese820
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- Location
- Staten Island
what kind of filtration are you using, what are your parameters.
- Location
- westchester
did you use tap water or RO/Di
- Location
- Far Rockaway
If the bio balls were out of the water for 5 to 10m the the bac that was on them is dead so your cycling the that again. Why are you using bio balls any way you have live rock.
- Location
- westchester
The bio balls are a nitrate factory I would take them out
- Location
- Staten Island
I agree with removing bio balls
- Location
- Staten Island
If you disturbed your existing sand bed and put it in their you will get spikes in your parameters, and also that cloudy look, the only thing is why the green water, possible you had some sort of algae that got disturbed
- Location
- westchester
How long was the other tank setup that all the rock sand and water came from
- Location
- Staten Island
possible you are getting algae blooms with all that lighting, no lights and do a 20% water change.
- Location
- westchester
Kill the lights you don't need them to cycle
- Location
- westchester ny
I would change out all the water, def. get rid of the bio balls. For a 12 gallon tank maybe just go with some premade water to start.
IT IS 100% possible to never show any noticeable signs of cycling (high ammonia, nitrites) if you start with live sand, rocks. The last 5 tanks I set up (3 were reefs) never showed ammonia or nitrite. If you start with live rock, and live sand, add some beneficial bacteria (or a scoop of sand from an established tank), wait a day for salinity and ph to stabilize then add a few hermits/ snails and maybe a hardy fish you should be fine as long as you dont over feed. The rock and sand is all covered with denitrifying bacteria and if you do regular water changes you shouldnt have any problems. If its just lr in the tank 6 hours a day should be more than enough light and as the tank matures and you add corals you can gradually increase to ten hours a day.
IT IS 100% possible to never show any noticeable signs of cycling (high ammonia, nitrites) if you start with live sand, rocks. The last 5 tanks I set up (3 were reefs) never showed ammonia or nitrite. If you start with live rock, and live sand, add some beneficial bacteria (or a scoop of sand from an established tank), wait a day for salinity and ph to stabilize then add a few hermits/ snails and maybe a hardy fish you should be fine as long as you dont over feed. The rock and sand is all covered with denitrifying bacteria and if you do regular water changes you shouldnt have any problems. If its just lr in the tank 6 hours a day should be more than enough light and as the tank matures and you add corals you can gradually increase to ten hours a day.
- Location
- Overland Park, KS
something to think about - live rock by itself can be kept alive in a dark bin full of water with a heater and a pump - no lights necessary at all.
+1 on killing the lights for a few days. Even once you've got fish and corals, killing the lights for two or three days up to once a month is something some folks do to keep algae growth in check.
+1 on killing the lights for a few days. Even once you've got fish and corals, killing the lights for two or three days up to once a month is something some folks do to keep algae growth in check.
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Def. kill the lights, and I'd do a 100% water change if you still have the other tank running and the mature water available, or better yet, do 50/50 freshly made and old tank water. Seeing a cycle at all is kind of strange when using established rock, sand and water and nothing had a chance to die off.
- Location
- MURICA
Dump that water and start over....
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