Day 8 of 32 gallon cycle. New creatures!

[chandavi]

Evening. Day 8 of cycling my 32 gal Fluval Flex.
very excited about some emerging life. No fish/cleanup crew yet but STUFF IS HAPPENING
Looks like
1) mushroom
2) bristleworm
3) no idea
4) no idea
5) (Setup)
Any guesses on the last two?
Thx

 

[brandon429]

Your tank was cycled the very instant it was set up. Facts:

it has as many bacteria on day 1 vs day 30000 on the rock because thats real tank cured live rock

the rock is rare, where did you get it.


anywhere benthic creatures exist, worms and attached sponges and fanworms and coralline etc, we know the rock is already cycled. It’s impossible to have those attachments on uncycled rock.

nice job on your skip cycle reef

If your kit says theres some nitrite or free ammonia, that’s what it says for thousands of post cycle reefs. It’s all in the pics....the proof

if the tests say ammonia is zero and nitrite is zero, that would be the rare reading. We expect .25 api ammonia in any reef tested ever for the next four decades, and they’ll all read positive nitrite too using api.

what’s accurate is the clean water, typical animal behavior vs being dead from being in an uncycled reef

The rocks showed up with the max bacteria they are designed to carry.

 

[brandon429]

We made a thirty page thread reviewing exactly skip cycle reefs

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

 

[brandon429]

My main hope is that nobody from the pet store let you buy bottled bac for this setup, or tried to sell you any.

 

[chandavi]

We made a thirty page thread reviewing exactly skip cycle reefs

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

The pet store did indeed sell me AquaVitro seed. I’ve dosed it twice now.
sounds like I don’t need it.
ok quick rundown:

saltwater (26 gallons) from PetStore
20# Carob Sea Arag-Alive reef sand
22# Live Rock
8 days running. Various little stars,bristle worms, even a mushrooms appeared day 2-5

Petstore advised adding some fish food (tiny pellets) to accelerate ammonia then nitrite nitrate etc.
kinda confused. Apparently I’m cycled?
Thx so much for your post!

 

[brandon429]

The extra bac was no harm its just fun to poke technicalities

Yes it's all set and running very well

 

[brandon429]

for us skip cyclers


all discussions on cycling can be summarized as

 

[sp1187]

3 looks like tunicates
not sure they are still alive or not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunic... is a marine,sometimes used for these animals.

 

[chandavi]

for us skip cyclers


all discussions on cycling can be summarized as

LMA**O

 

[wonroc]

The kids working at the store prolly have less knowledge of this subject.

 

[brandon429]

Cycle Question

Hey all, Question about my current cycle. I used about 20-23 lbs live rock from lfs and ghost fed a few pellets last 2 days. If I understand what I read on here, should go Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate correct? Well tested again today and Ammonia is up around 4ppm while no nitrite and nitrate is...

www.reef2reef.com

this thread does not ascribe to benthic cuing. But if they choose to, then the extra cost rock they paid for can be enjoyed.

 

[brandon429]

Transferring live rock among aquariums never has dieoff, and all the readings for false stuck ammonia are as predictable as the sunrise. Our hobby has no current permission in cycling for skipping it. Even though marine aquarium conventions have done it thirty years, we stroll on through the rows of full blown reefs not really concerning how they keep getting there ready, on time, to sell to us.

 

[brandon429]

Chandavi

may we please have a tank update, this is to help people understand that skip cycle tanks don’t expire.

did your tank continue to run after we deemed it instantly cycled two years ago

 

[chandavi]

Yes it has. A few weeks of uglies but going well now.

Chandavi

may we please have a tank update, this is to help people understand that skip cycle tanks don’t expire.

did your tank continue to run after we deemed it instantly cycled two years ago

Yes it did. A few weeks of uglies but running well since.

Chandavi

may we please have a tank update, this is to help people understand that skip cycle tanksp don’t expire.

did your tank continue to run after we deemed it instantly cycled two years ago

 

[brandon429]

This is profoundly helpful to updated cycling science

How long total has this been running

 

[chandavi]

Been at it 25 months. Haven’t tested ammonia for 24.