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I agree on the live rock, but also have to add that you are taking the risk of bringing pests into your brand new "clean" system. The risk was not worth it for me since I planned on putting a lot of money, effort and time in the QT process to eliminate the chance of bringing anything bad into my system. If the risk is worth it though, it probably is the quickest way to do it.Cured liverock from an established system.
^^^thats the quickest way to cycle any tank, but its definitely not cheap.
You wouldn’t want to add ammonia/ shrimp rot to a live rock setup that’s like letting a fish die on purpose in a tank that’s ready and leaving it to rot, the readings it would produce mean nothing about the ready state of live rocks from a lfs. Ammonia burns the animals you are paying more for in buying live rock vs dry rock
See this thread. Since day #1 the thread is about how to skip cycle with work examples.
The way you know if your live rock is skip cycle is to know it’s submersion history. If it’s been wet, it comes to you ready. There are also clues like living animals and plants attached to live rock that indicate submersion history
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
Skip cycle doesn’t mean it needs a day or an hour, it means you can set the tank up with the animals when you fill it.
This is an all dry setup instant cycle
Bio-spira works great
I use biospira when I set up fish quarantine tanks. It’s good stuff for that purpose.www.reef2reef.com
just because we can do something doesn’t mean we should, have a researched plan for fish disease protocol before using skip cycle science to mix a bunch of diseased fish. **that being said, dry start instant setups are no fallow required, you can buy $ quarantined fish and you really would have a disease plan in place, using skip cycle science with a dry system.