Cycling a 5 gallon marineland tank

[Dlewis0714]

I setup a small tank last night and I used half the water and a piece of live rock from my tank that is already cycled. My question is will this tank need to go through a cycle as well before adding anything? I would assume it's ready to go but I thought I'd ask. Thanks for any information you can provide.

 

[xiholdtruex]

If the live rock is cycled you should be good to go as long as you go light and let the bacteria adjust to the bioload. What tank is that ? I like the look

 

[Dlewis0714]

If the live rock is cycled you should be good to go as long as you go light and let the bacteria adjust to the bioload. What tank is that ? I like the look

Marineland 5. I got it for my nightstand

 

[Coralreefer1]

You will be fine! I do that all the time now so I don’t need to cycle. Just add livestock slowly so the bacteria has a chance to populate to handle more nitrogen. Good luck!

 

[xiholdtruex]

Marineland 5. I got it for my nightstand

Very nice what light did you put on it?

 

[Dlewis0714]

Very nice what light did you put on it?

It comes with the light and filter is in back as well. The filter is real powerful all there's really good flow.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Good to go slowly. I do this quite often with my traveling tank and also do 100% water changes regularly. Easier for cleaning with a small tank. Looks great. What are you going to keep? In a 5 gallon, you could keep a few Masked gobies (or similar dwarf species), some sexy shrimp, rock nems, mushrooms, acans, so many options. Good luck!

 

[Hypan]

Just add livestock slowly.

I have the same tank, Its definitely one of my favorite tanks Ive had in years.

I ended up cutting out the back filter wall and running an AC70 fuge on mine
along with a Kessil A80. 80% water changes every week or two.