Hello, well now we know all about cycling, but didn’t before adding fish....so wondering....my son did not add an ammonia source. After 3 weeks, all parameters were good In his mind so he added fish (good meaning zero nitrites and nitrates,less than .25 ammonia, ph right on). The 32 biocube contains about 25 pounds live rock and 60 pounds of live sand (About 4 inches). He added a bottle of Dr Fitz’s bacteria. Diatoms are evident for a few days now. The tank was set up 5 weeks ago and 2 clowns added 3 weeks ago And 3 cardinals 2 weeks ago. One clown and one cardinal are the survivors. The others died on different days, but suddenly. There one minute gone the next.
Questions: is there such a thing as too much live sand and rock?
Is there a way to know if our tank has even cycled yet. We have nowhere to quarantine fish. Do we just hope the fish are helping cycle the tank at this point? Thank you!
Questions: is there such a thing as too much live sand and rock?
Is there a way to know if our tank has even cycled yet. We have nowhere to quarantine fish. Do we just hope the fish are helping cycle the tank at this point? Thank you!