Hello all,
Glad to get into this hobby finally. After many hours of labor and dollar signs I finally have my system running. Its a 85 Gallon shallow tank with a 15 gallon sump below. I have a skimmer running 24/7 and tons of dry rock in the sump. I just added 2 live rock bricks from my friends tank (They were in there for 2 years). To keep the bacteria I added 2 blue damsels and just recently a clownfish. All 3 fish are very active and visibly very healthy. Bricks with bacteria were added on Aug 4. Followed by fish on Aug. 5
A couple of questions
How long should I expect the beginning cycle to take?
Does the true cycle only begin when I install grow lights?
Did I save much time by the adding of 2y/o live rock?
Glad to get into this hobby finally. After many hours of labor and dollar signs I finally have my system running. Its a 85 Gallon shallow tank with a 15 gallon sump below. I have a skimmer running 24/7 and tons of dry rock in the sump. I just added 2 live rock bricks from my friends tank (They were in there for 2 years). To keep the bacteria I added 2 blue damsels and just recently a clownfish. All 3 fish are very active and visibly very healthy. Bricks with bacteria were added on Aug 4. Followed by fish on Aug. 5
A couple of questions
How long should I expect the beginning cycle to take?
Does the true cycle only begin when I install grow lights?
Did I save much time by the adding of 2y/o live rock?