Brightwell StartXLM Fishless Cycle Question

[Villious]

Hello. I have a new Red Sea 132 gallon tank that I'm about to start a fishless cycle with Brightwell's StartXLM. I have dry rock in the display, and plenty of Marinepure full size blocks in the sump. My question is, once cycled, how heavy of a fish load can it support.

In the old days, I'd cycle a tank by putting in that powdered bacteria, and throw in a chicken leg and and a blue crab. After the cycle, it would handle as big of a fish load as the tank could support by volume. I've never cycled a tank using StartXLM, Dr Tims, ect.

Thanks so much!

 

[Saltyreef]

The cycle is technically complete when the available bacterial colonizing surface area is gone. The tank is "ready to handle as big of a fish load as it can support by volume".

You are essentially doing the same thing as the old days but now with some capitalistic products available.

 

[taricha]

once a system is processing ammonia, it will scale up to increased food input. You will not hit a "limit" - at least as far as ammonia processing is concerned.