Cycled finished, but going out of town

[Quintz]

My cycle ended a couple of days ago on my tank, but I’m actually going out of town this Sunday and will be gone until next Saturday. Considering I have no live stock in the tank should I go ahead and implement my lighting schedule while I’m gone or no? I need some opinions on this matter because I’m very conflicted. If I do run the lights it will be the current schedule I found plus acclimation set to 30%. Hopefully that would help with the ugly phase by not feeding to much light. Anyways opinions would be much appreciated!

Tank: Innovative Marine 15 Aio
Substrate: Caribsea Live
Salt water: Nutri-Seawater Live
Rock: Dry Rock

Swapping over to mixing my own saltwater later

 

[Jekyl]

My cycle ended a couple of days ago on my tank, but I’m actually going out of town this Sunday and will be gone until next Saturday. Considering I have no live stock in the tank should I go ahead and implement my lighting schedule while I’m gone or no? I need some opinions on this matter because I’m very conflicted. If I do run the lights it will be the current schedule I found plus acclimation set to 30%. Hopefully that would help with the ugly phase by not feeding to much light. Anyways opinions would be much appreciated!

Tank: Innovative Marine 15 Aio
Substrate: Caribsea Live
Salt water: Nutri-Seawater Live
Rock: Dry Rock

Swapping over to mixing my own saltwater later

No sense having lights going until coral are present.

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Easy peesy. Leave the lights off and leave them off for 2-3 months if you can. We want prepare your new rocks by giving it a healthy dose of biofilm without the help of lights to outcompete the algae when your light does come on.

 

[Quintz]

Easy peesy. Leave the lights off and leave them off for 2-3 months if you can. We want prepare your new rocks by giving it a healthy dose of biofilm without the help of lights to outcompete the algae when your light does come on.

No sense having lights going until coral are present.

I see. So, before I leave should I add the same amount of fish food I started the cycle with? Just to feed the beneficial bacteria while I’m gone. Oh and I’ll have someone taking care of the top offs while I’m gone. As far as testing I think I can get by with no testing considering I’ll only be gone for a week and there’s nothing in the tank at the moment.

 

[Jekyl]

I see. So, before I leave should I add the same amount of fish food I started the cycle with? Just to feed the beneficial bacteria while I’m gone. Oh and I’ll have someone taking care of the top offs while I’m gone. As far as testing I think I can get by with no testing considering I’ll only be gone for a week and there’s nothing in the tank at the moment.

Won't hurt to add food. However won't be a problem if you don't.

 

[Quintz]

Won't hurt to add food. However won't be a problem if you don't.

Would there be any benefit to it at all? As in feeding the beneficial bacteria to increase the population?

 

[Jekyl]

Would there be any benefit to it at all? As in feeding the beneficial bacteria to increase the population?

Can't hurt.