After spending a lot of time reading about this wonderful hobby, today i finally took my first step to become a reefer!
This being my first experience in the hobby, I created an account on R2R to make sure I do it the right way!
My situation is kind of like this: My tank wont arrive until mid October, but I already some dead rock already.
What I learned up to now is, that it is a good idea to start "cycling" this rock now, so i can put the rocks inside the tank once the necessary bacteria are populated within the rocks. That is where I wanted to check with reefers that are more experienced than myself. Theres a couple of things I'm not 100% sure about, and i would love if some of you could point towards the direction. I got a brute trash can that i filled with rodi water and mixed the necessary amount of tropic marin salt into it, put a powerhead and a heater in it. I ordered Dr Tim's one and only, and I'm hopeful that it will arrive by the end of this week (I'm not from the US and it's kinda hard to get it in Europe).
My plan of action looks kinda like this: Put the rock in brute trash can with the powerhead and the heater, follow the Instructions on the Bottle, and let it run its course while checking ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. Is this the proper method of going about it? Is it necessary to change the water during cycling?
Thank you so much in advance, and sorry if im asking for obvious answers, i just dont want to mess up right from the start
This being my first experience in the hobby, I created an account on R2R to make sure I do it the right way!
My situation is kind of like this: My tank wont arrive until mid October, but I already some dead rock already.
What I learned up to now is, that it is a good idea to start "cycling" this rock now, so i can put the rocks inside the tank once the necessary bacteria are populated within the rocks. That is where I wanted to check with reefers that are more experienced than myself. Theres a couple of things I'm not 100% sure about, and i would love if some of you could point towards the direction. I got a brute trash can that i filled with rodi water and mixed the necessary amount of tropic marin salt into it, put a powerhead and a heater in it. I ordered Dr Tim's one and only, and I'm hopeful that it will arrive by the end of this week (I'm not from the US and it's kinda hard to get it in Europe).
My plan of action looks kinda like this: Put the rock in brute trash can with the powerhead and the heater, follow the Instructions on the Bottle, and let it run its course while checking ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. Is this the proper method of going about it? Is it necessary to change the water during cycling?
Thank you so much in advance, and sorry if im asking for obvious answers, i just dont want to mess up right from the start