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I started my cycle on 11/13/19. Ten days in now looking to see if I’m heading on track with levels. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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If you added true live rock it was cycled first day. Post pics of rock
If you brought home wet rock that’s cycled, and if dry that’s the kind we add items and wait
What’s the known submersion history of the live rock, what container did it come from at the lfs etc
Wet sand= brought in full bac as well, doubly. The reported numbers aren’t the deciding factor, we can find Api readings in five year old reefs to match those. It’s all about the rocks wet vs dry
If you brought home wet rock that’s cycled, and if dry that’s the kind we add items and wait
What’s the known submersion history of the live rock, what container did it come from at the lfs etc
Wet sand= brought in full bac as well, doubly. The reported numbers aren’t the deciding factor, we can find Api readings in five year old reefs to match those. It’s all about the rocks wet vs dry
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Nice setup for sure
Hey check out this first page and see if yours qualifies as group B
www.reef2reef.com
We cover neat ways to visually verify if that rock was pre cycled. If it was wet when you brought it home/came from water at lfs you have a skip cycle system and the test readings are covered above in linked examples of api readings collected from both cycling and matured tanks.
Hey check out this first page and see if yours qualifies as group B
The microbiology of reef tank cycling.
You can skip your cycle. Ive been reefing online for twenty years and have never waited one second for a tank to cycle, because I buy rocks that are already cycled and move them home. Here's two: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/octo-high-end-sps-skip-cycle-build.713256/...
www.reef2reef.com
We cover neat ways to visually verify if that rock was pre cycled. If it was wet when you brought it home/came from water at lfs you have a skip cycle system and the test readings are covered above in linked examples of api readings collected from both cycling and matured tanks.
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Awesome information, thank you very much. Being a first time salt tank I’m paranoid of messing something up.Nice setup for sure
Hey check out this first page and see if yours qualifies as group B
The microbiology of reef tank cycling.
You can skip your cycle. Ive been reefing online for twenty years and have never waited one second for a tank to cycle, because I buy rocks that are already cycled and move them home. Here's two: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/octo-high-end-sps-skip-cycle-build.713256/...
We cover neat ways to visually verify if that rock was pre cycled. If it was wet when you brought it home/came from water at lfs you have a skip cycle system and the test readings are covered above in linked examples of api readings collected from both cycling and matured tanks.
The only way that could not be fully cycled is if it’s painted on coralline
If that’s real purple coralline the rock could be underwater the last fifty years lol who knows. Coralline alone back in the day was the worlds easiest skip cycle clue, but around 2014 the painted on / formed and dyed items came about and we had to include sponges, small tufts of algae, pods, any type of anchored worms as secondary visual indicators of a completed cycle (these are inclusions that always take longer to adhere/associate than cycling bacteria)
Does your live rock have any other verified forms of life attached
If that’s real purple coralline the rock could be underwater the last fifty years lol who knows. Coralline alone back in the day was the worlds easiest skip cycle clue, but around 2014 the painted on / formed and dyed items came about and we had to include sponges, small tufts of algae, pods, any type of anchored worms as secondary visual indicators of a completed cycle (these are inclusions that always take longer to adhere/associate than cycling bacteria)
Does your live rock have any other verified forms of life attached
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You know that rule that nothing good happens fast in reefing
We’ve almost arrived at the detail you might be ready for your first candy cane coral frag, the worlds most ideal first stony coral.
If Reef2Reef wasn’t such a cool and inclusive place I could get drummed out of town for saying that above ha nice. At any moment a welcomed alternate take might be posted
Once we seal the deal on that being true aged live rock from the pet store vs painted on live rock, it’s candy time
Did you add any ammonia to that setup at the start or just add rocks
We’ve almost arrived at the detail you might be ready for your first candy cane coral frag, the worlds most ideal first stony coral.
If Reef2Reef wasn’t such a cool and inclusive place I could get drummed out of town for saying that above ha nice. At any moment a welcomed alternate take might be posted
Once we seal the deal on that being true aged live rock from the pet store vs painted on live rock, it’s candy time
Did you add any ammonia to that setup at the start or just add rocks
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