I am overreading, over asking, and overly confused. I have live sand and live rock in my 12 gal nano. It has been running like this for 4 days. What is the next step in the cycling process? Figured I would ask the experts here.
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well you need wait until ammonia nitrites and nitrates settle down - takes typically 2-3 weeks. After you read 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite, you can start slowly adding livestock. Start off now by testing the water. Good luck on your tank!I am overreading, over asking, and overly confused. I have live sand and live rock in my 12 gal nano. It has been running like this for 4 days. What is the next step in the cycling process? Figured I would ask the experts here.
When you say "live rock," do you mean rock taken directly from an established tank, rock taken directly from the ocean, or something else?I am overreading, over asking, and overly confused. I have live sand and live rock in my 12 gal nano. It has been running like this for 4 days. What is the next step in the cycling process? Figured I would ask the experts here.
Live rock from the LFS tankWhen you say "live rock," do you mean rock taken directly from an established tank, rock taken directly from the ocean, or something else?
Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate the time you took to respond and being so helpful! I have attached a new pic. I added one more small piece and this will be it for rock.Post a pic of your rock so we can verify the easy inclusions to spot on live rock
Some pet stores bring up their own live rock made from white dry rock in a vat of water with no lighting; those are still skip cycle rocks but they'll be devoid of attachments. Wet and from the pet store brought home wet is the final say.
If the rocks were dry when you brought them home that would be a wait + feed cycle. Wet and from the pet store means ready to go, we show in the link for pages
The fish disease prep is what's required to keep your fish alive its not any aspect of the cycle we show
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Found this pic in your other post. It's skip cycle live rock, with coralline/ pigmentation inclusions as mentioned and shown in the post. There’s literally nothing for you to do, it’s cycled.
Still post a full tank shot so we can see how much you have of it.