I'm cycling my first tank and am just wondering how long it took everyone else. I have dry rock and live sand, but the question applies to any situation (dry rock, live rock, dry sand, live sand, bare bottom, ect.)
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It depends on how well you prime the bacterial population - either bacteria in a bottle, or subculturing from an established tank.I'm cycling my first tank and am just wondering how long it took everyone else. I have dry rock and live sand, but the question applies to any situation (dry rock, live rock, dry sand, live sand, bare bottom, ect.)
Sounds like you did it the right way, im also new so I could be wrong too lol. what kind of fish/coral do you have so far?I'm 4 months in on my first tank. I used live sand, life rock, turbo start bacteria and fritz ammonia. My levels dropped in two weeks but I added ammonia a few times on the third week to see how fast it dropped. When 2ppm ammonia dropped in 24hrs I felt comfortable at calling it "cycled". I'm a straight newbie, so I'm not even sure if that's the correct approach.
2 mocha clowns, royal gamma, ywg & pistol pir and a cleaner shrimp.Sounds like you did it the right way, im also new so I could be wrong too lol. what kind of fish/coral do you have so far?
Lots of recent info around insta tanks when you get to used rock that have come from a mature tank. Most that I have read or watched have had very positive results.No cycle was not an opption.
My 20g nano cube is 4 months old.
I started with live rock from my two other systems afte one week.
All frags came from my other systems and I started glueing them to onto the surface.
20g 18" nano cube.
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Did you use DrTim’s bacteria or ammonia or both. If you used the bacteria, did you use the whole bottle? After seven days, I would expect to see a drop if the bacteria was good.So I’m on day 7 and these are my tests, from everything I’ve gathered I just need to remain patient and let the process happen, right? Lights were on only for photo. I am using dr Tim’s and have live sand and dry rock
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I used dr Tims bacteria (whole bottle) and dr tims ammoniaDid you use DrTim’s bacteria or ammonia or both. If you used the bacteria, did you use the whole bottle? After seven days, I would expect to see a drop if the bacteria was good.
This is certainly a possibility. The sand *shouldn't* cause a spike, but depending on the actual amount of live bacteria in the bag vs. any dead bacteria, this might have been the result.Only thing I can think of is I added a small amount of additional live sand 2 days ago. It seems like nitrites are going up slowly, maybe the ammonia level is seeming unchanged for a minute if the love sand causes any ammonia spike ?
But you used a different product1 hour.
Well, I used the dry rock live sand component - but yes, I cheated.But you used a different product
I meant BiospiraWell, I used the live sand component - but yes, I cheated.