cycling a new reef aquarium

Ok so I just got this Top Fin Premium 5 gallon glass aquarium. Didn’t add anything (equipment) to it kept everything as is. I started cycling today added Dr.Tims one and only and a pinch of fish food. Is there anything else I need to do? Tank is still cloudy from adding water in it. But just...

Hi all, I’m very new to reefing and looking for some guidance with my cycle. I’d like to sanity-check whether things are progressing normally or if I’ve done something wrong. Tank & Setup Tank: Red Sea Reefer 300 G3 Rock: Dry rock Sand: Dry sand Test Kits Hanna Salinity Hanna Nitrate HR...

Excited here . Finally starting to fill the new tank this week hopefully . Have some questions. First I’ve been out of the hobby for about 10-12 years. Had a very established 55gal reef. Metal halide vho actinics, reef octo skimmer 40-50 lbs rock deep sand bed . As I’m starting up this new one I...

I owned and cycled a couple freshwater tanks using Ammonium Hydroxide solution we can easily find here in Brazil in any pharmacy. Is there any restriction on using it on saltwater fish less cycling? Or Only Ammonium Chloride Will work? The Chloride is a chemical with controlled Sales here.

Hi All, I am am currently on day 10 of cycling my first salt water aquarium. I am using the fluval evo. Changed the back filtration/sump and got upgrades and everything seems to be running great. My water peramters are showing: 0 ammonia 5.0ppm nitrite 2.0ppm nitrate Still yet to test PH but...

Hi I am currently Fishless cycling my tank - first one ever. At the beginning I used dr Tims ammonia, but now stopped as I hit 2.2ppm ammonia, I am getting tests done properly from fish store but in the meantime using api test kit daily as the owner told me when ammonia is nearly zero go back...

Hello Reefers :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: , Cycling a reef tank is one of the most critical steps in starting your marine aquarium. However, I personally found very limited information online about cycling with dry rock instead of live rock when using the Red Sea Reef Mature Starter Kit...

Hi, I'm assuming I still need to wait. I'm wondering when I may add some corals to my tank, and/or what I could expect to come in the near future. The tank: - Reborn and dry rock - Day 30 since Fritz zyme 9 dose - I think I had a bacterial bloom recently(water was clear then went cloudy, to...

Hi all, new here. I need some help from people that know what they are doing. Im on day 7 of the cycle for my tank ( Fluval evo 62L ) Im doing a fishless cycle ( Fritz ammonia and turbo start 9 ) on day 2 the ammonia went up 6ppm + and Nitrite was 2.0ppm and Nirrate was 2.0ppm. On day 5...

Cycling tank I have ammonia nitrate and no nitrite I’m on day 4

Hello everyone! I had a question on cycling with partial live rock and sand. If I were to potentially set up my 20g would it be worth it to buy some live rock/live sand? I was thinking of the Tampa Bay “pico package” or the “sand and rox box”. I can’t afford to do a full 20lbs of live rock and...

Hello I recently got a 50 gallon innovative marine. I have filled it with salt water and put a heater and some bio-media in the tank is there anything else I would need to start the tank! I’m missing a wave maker and light which I will be getting soon. Also missing a skimmer. As for cycling the...

I upgraded my tank last weekend from. 105 litre to a 350 litre tank.. I used 20lbs of live sand arag alive special grade I put in about 3kg of rock from my old cycled tank and put in the siporax from my old tank that would have live bacteria on it. Water is 25 degrees, salinity is 1.026 ppm...

In this video the CADE reef tank build gets cycled with beneficial bacteria. How to cycle a reef tank in 1-2 weeks using Nitrocycle, Turbostart 900 and PNS Substrate Sauce. Live nitrifying bacteria Product links in the description of the video on YouTube: And 2 years later the tank is doing...

I recently started a 13.5 nano build. I'm using live sand and dry rock. I used microbacter start to help with cycling. Day 2 I noticed a white film building up on the glass. I cleaned it off and now day for it came back. Is this just good bacteria building up? Should I just leave it of continue...

I am new to the salt water tanks and I’ve had this tank cycling for 17 days. Out of nowhere this white strings showed up on the rocks. The lights have been turned off since day one and there is currently no animals inside. There is no live rocks in the tank, they are synthetic rocks. The sand...

Hello everyone ! I'm not sure if I really need help or if I'm worrying too much for nothing! I am currently in the process of cycling my Waterbox AIO 20 gallon aquarium. I put in the water on January 19, with Caribsea Ocean Direct living sand, and around ten pounds of Caribsea Liferock. On...

Hello reefers, I need some help in regards to cycling my 26 gallon nano aquarium. I started a fish-less cycle with bottled bacteria and ammonia chloride 40 days ago. Im also using caribsea live sand, life rocks, dry rocks and live rocks from lfs. In the past 7 days: Ammonia: 2 ppm - 0 ppm...

This is the 2nd time this has happened to me and it just doesn't make any sense. The tank was started with dry rock and old sand from an aquarium I tore down last year. Parameters: Temperature - 22.5-23°c Ph - 7.8 Ammonia - 0.5ppm Salinity - 1.025ppm No change in ammonia at all despite adding...

Started cycling my tank a week ago. Dry rock, live sand, doing dr Tim’s fishless cycle. Ammonia was at or near 0 before dosing ammonia and adding bacteria. Instructions said to do 4 drops per gallon, tank is 15G, I just went with 40 to be on the light side. When I measured ammonia the next day...

Setting up a new tank and was thinking of the skip cycle. Figured i would use dry rock and sand in the DT and get some actual live rock from a LFS(80% dry/20% live). Does it make sense to still dose nitrating bacteria? Microbacter7, Tims One And Only, or Fritzturbo start? Would it make sense to...

Hi everyone! So I’m a bit stuck in my cycling process. I had seawater delivered 12 days ago from Natural Seawater supplier. I used dry rock and live sand for my Fluval flex 123l. My lfs advised me to use Seachem stability to start my cycle. I have been ghost feeding with flakes each day but...

Started my cycling my tank on the 29th of June and started dosing Seachem prime & stablility this past Saturday and it got my ammonia to this I’d say between 0.50 - 0.25 ppm. Should I do a water change to hopefully bring it to 0 or should I continue to wait it out? Really wanted to get fish in...

Hello! New to the aquarium game . I have a few cycling questions maybe someone can help me. I’ve been cycling my Orbit (jellyfish tank) tank for about a month. I did the shrimp method, and my ammonia spiked to 4ppm. Everything seem on track. However, testing a few times I noticed my Nitrite...

Hi all, i am new to this hobby & started to cycle a new 20gallon nano tank with cured rock and live sand. Basically I just followed the aquarium owner’s instruction using microbacter7 and brightwell biofuel only. This is day 4 and the test kit is not picking up any ammonia or nitrate. Is these...