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I’m on 2/1/2 weeks with my tanks and it’s currently more than half way through the cycle with fish. To be blunt after watching everything go up and down. Next time I’ll just add ammonia, i feel bad for the little guys. Right now I’m waiting for the nitrites to drop, my nitrates are rising which is good. Once my nitrites get too 0 and i do a water change the cycle is done. All in all I’d say 3-4 weeks if you watch everything. If ya threw the bacteria in and used live rock like i did and didn’t test. Ya probably never now the tank was going through it’s phases
Right - But - why care about the phases. BTW - I'm not talking about adding 10 moorish idols to a tank and letting it cycle. the reason I say this is - when you add something else (say a large angel) - you may very well have a 'mini cycle'.