cycling a tank

Ok, so Im really new to the hobby, in fact, Im just starting and have only fw experience. I know saltwater is a lot harder. Im attempting a mixed tank of mostly macroalgae (hear its easier), but I cant find any info on whether they can be added during the cycling process, like freshwater...

I've been cycling a new water box set up and added Dr tims and got my amonia up to 1.75 about 12 days ago. Since then all of my tests have been 1.75 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate, temp 79 and salinity 1.024. 2 days ago I added some microbacter7 which didn't have any effect as of now. I come...

I'm currently fishless cycling a 15 gallon AIO. Caribsea live reef sand and caribsea dry rock substrate. Here are my parameters and question. Using API test strips (sorry new to salt and I have plenty to use up!) Day 1 Ph 8 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Ammonia 2 Day 2 PH 7.5 Nitrite 0.5 Nitrate 0...

I am cycling the dry rock with some live rock (cooking in the dark) it been 2 weeks and no ammonia and no nitrites. My NO3 is over 75 what is normal. No fish and it will cook for 3.5 more months. Normally it says i should do 50%WC, but sense i have no livestock there, i don’t expect it will go...

I apologize for all the cycling questions and threads, I will just update this one from here on out and lay out the entire information below. As of today though (September 3) I've had 0 Ammonia for a few days and stuck at around 5.0 Nitrites for like a week and unsure what to do as it seems I...

Hello all, I finally set up my 180L (47.5 G) DT a few days before my clownfish finished their QT (30days of cuppramine and 1 week of Prazi. They didn't have anything but I did it just as a preventative measure) and once I put my water, dry rock, sand and filter running, I added a bottle of Fritz...