Hello,
I am currently cycling rock and not in any hurry. My goal is to cultivate a thriving bacteria population. So far I have dumped a small bottle of Bio Spira in. Also I am using Microbacter 7 as per the directions. I am dosing Dr Tim's Ammonia Chloride as well as per the directions. I just started all this yesterday. My question is what should I be doing as far as ammonia dosing with cultivating as much bacteria as possible as the goal rather than cycling? Do I also need to throw some dry pellet food in there to feed the bacteria or do they feed on the ammonia directly? I probably won't have my actual tank setup for another 2-3months so my goal is that when I finally do transition the rock I have a thriving bacteria system in place helping me surpass the "ugly stage".
Thanks!
I am currently cycling rock and not in any hurry. My goal is to cultivate a thriving bacteria population. So far I have dumped a small bottle of Bio Spira in. Also I am using Microbacter 7 as per the directions. I am dosing Dr Tim's Ammonia Chloride as well as per the directions. I just started all this yesterday. My question is what should I be doing as far as ammonia dosing with cultivating as much bacteria as possible as the goal rather than cycling? Do I also need to throw some dry pellet food in there to feed the bacteria or do they feed on the ammonia directly? I probably won't have my actual tank setup for another 2-3months so my goal is that when I finally do transition the rock I have a thriving bacteria system in place helping me surpass the "ugly stage".
Thanks!