THE GOLDEN EXAMPLE OF A SKIP CYCLE DAY 1 REEF
Nano Build - Octo High End SPS Skip Cycle Build....
Hey Everyone! Im going to start my build thread in hopes I get some pointers and help along the way. My last reef tank was in 2011. I had a 54 gallon corner tank and a 120 gallon reef tank. I loved it! However I was promoted and moved my family from NC to CA. Had to sell it all. We are...
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read that entire thread before you read ours. that's the heart of skip cycling. Everything we do going forward in this thread reflects on that ability above, in the #1 example of a no-bottle bac NO AMMONIA TESTING skip cycle reef.
It's cycle didnt EXPIRE, notice he's out to ten pages of updates and about ten thousand dollars in coral, started day 1 of the build. that's so key to what we're doing
second example
cycling with live rock and live sand
Hi everyone, Its been a while since i started a tank w/ live rock and live sand. I set up a waterbox cube 20, and added live rock and live sand to it. This stuff has been in the LFS tank for years. Do I still need to cycle this tank by adding bacteria and ammonia as one would do with dry rock...
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third example
Day 8 of 32 gallon cycle. New creatures!
Evening. Day 8 of cycling my 32 gal Fluval Flex. very excited about some emerging life. No fish/cleanup crew yet but STUFF IS HAPPENING Looks like 1) mushroom 2) bristleworm 3) no idea 4) no idea 5) (Setup) Any guesses on the last two? Thx
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this thread is solely to log predictions and outcomes in soon to be several skip cycle reefs. Macna conventions use this method to align hundreds of reefs on time, for decades.
among reef cycles, there’s one type that has none. Moving live rock among tanks does not cause dieoffs, even if an eight dollar test kit says otherwise. Here we will log visually- proofed cycles, not factoring any test kits whatsoever.
living vs dead animals will be the final say, not a test kit.
it will take a while to build this thread, as 80% of new tanks are dry rock starts and then fast dinos challenges. These are the old school holdouts dealing in pre cycled pre cured aquarium rocks covered in life and coralline, those transfer tanks without issue.
even if a common reef test kit says otherwise, watch as reefs are built during the process as we ignore false read test kits, which is all current cycling test kits.
The hobby, all formal written works on cycling, and any writing you can find on scholar does not account for skip cycling, so consider this the first account. If we are using bad science, expect gray water cloudy smelly dead reefs, lost money, unhappiness
but if you see happy reefs, bright clear vibrant and diverse, then you’re seeing truth in what bacteria do
its not about the test kit here, following those leads you to triple waits and retail purchases. There are visual markers on live rocks that tell you by EYE if the rocks are already fully cycled for filtration bacteria, that’s the kind of cycle we want to feature here. The easy ones, these are the simplest cycles in reefing as the total mode is lift out of one tank, set into another, welcome to instant skip cycling.
you dont add ammonia to this kind of rock, ammonia is for dry rock. This kind of rock is alive, even when you set it in new water, so enjoy it and quit stressing about not being given prior permission to skip cycle, we now have it.
to add bottle bac in this kind of cycle represents a profound waste of time and money and above all it represents pure doubt in what bacteria do
watch as the pages unfold how much doubt there is about what bacteria do. Read what the posters offer each other in example threads, see the trending. All cycles must be patiently re verified, only test kits give allowed start dates, this is what the hobby rules have set.
those are buyer’s rules, here we will be applying seller’s rules to each cycle in question.
this is how my lfs sells skip cycle live rock, and you can tell by its uneven pigmentation and associated fanworms and snails and pods crawling over it and real ridged coralline that it’s cured live rock.
everyone’s rocks in this thread look just like these
here below is an example of common (and incorrect) cycle training common in internet forums
When to add fritz zyme 9
I just picked up a 14 gallon tank and got 15lbs of cured live rock. I got a bottle of fritz zyme 9 to get the tank going but I can’t find any information on when to add it. Do I let the live rock start the cycle then add the fritz? Or can I add the fritz immediately? thanks
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old cycling science is designed to sell you bottle bac at every whim, twist and turn in reefing. Our thread is a study in the polar opposite. 100% of every example here is a no bottle bac skip cycle, no wait transfer.
Your new reef can meet the start date for any reef convention using this method, its a zero wait time arrangement.
show up at the convention with your stuff in buckets, set up a tank, voila you have a ready reef for the same fish you'd be able to carry if you waited out another year. Showing up ready, means ready.
Or you could complete a move over to a new tank from your old one, at a new home you just moved to, and complete that arrangement on time because all these setups are simply allocations of already cycled rock. Nothing we do uncycles them.
Our friend Romadov was able to skip his cycle by bringing in cured liferocks that had the telltale attachments
My snail survived from 2 weeks cycle new tank. Can i add livestock?
Hey all, i just started reef tank 2 weeks ago and still cycling untill now, im using live sand from caribsea and liferock from LFS, and suddenly 1 snail appears in my tank in 1st day cycling, im pretry sure it came from the live rock, im worried it wouldnt survived but i have no choice to put it...
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here’s a skip cycle
Did i mess up new tanks cycle?
So, my tanks been running for 3 weeks now. First week I had it set up with 40lbs of dry sand and 26lbs of live rock bought from local shop they have marinating in tubs. Now after maybe 10 days I thought I had read if you use live rock you can skip cycle and so for the last about 11 days I've...
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A surprise popup skip cycle post where at week six cycle umps were in doubt of readiness:
Modified API Test Results
Hello, After seeing a post about Dan_P’s modified API ammonia test. I decided to give it a try since I’ve been getting the .25 Ammonia reading on API for a month now (my tank is six weeks old and has 0 nitrites and 10-20 Nitrates). I’ve tried the Seachem Ammonia test to compare and the results...
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