You both make valid points, but if you have a skimmer...why not use it. Die off from the rock will be taken out of the water.
I always thought, the higher or more extreme the spikes in a new set up, the more beneficial bactiria will be needed in order to get levels under controll.
Chris ---I agree...I would not even think about turning off the skimmer.
I am going to siphon some bulky gunk from the sand and see where that gets me in a week. I cant speed the new cycle up but at least I can try and controll levels (to some extent)
I appreciate the help and words of advice. Skimmer is pulling out "wet" not "dry", but I dont mind...brown water is junk IMO anyway.
I also gave my rock a semi decent scrub and rinse yesterday to help rid x-tra die off. There was a lot of brown sponge that inevitably dies anyway. I have deep...
Hi all!!!
I am not new to the hobby but have a question about new tank cycles and thier relationship to PS production.
I just set up a new 30 gallon...2 weeks ago I added salt water made from an RODI 50GPD unit and 40 lbs of "bio-activated live sand". After 1 week I started to see an amonia...
