Instant Tank Cycle

[brandon429]

ok now its done. analysis complete heh

last step: digestion by the thread OP/it's hard to grasp you don't need to buy something, test something, hesitate further in any way. they want to do just that. peers don't let them have it any other way

remember a mere 7 pages ago we were told no reef tank could be deemed cycled off a tank pic.

 

[brandon429]

we can for sure know if a tank is cycled if we're lucky enough to have benthic visual cues in place.

that one has two: coralline + huge mat of diatoms.

 

[brandon429]

in a world of for-charge reef tank testing


it's nice to have a testless cycling option. this thread charts the evolution of for-charge reef tank testing in interesting ways in my opinion

to this day: we cycle dry start setups and live rock setups, any reef tank setup, without testing.

in threads like these:

cycle any dry start/bottle bac setup without testing:

How to unstick any seemingly stuck cycle

non digital ammonia test kit readings (api, Red Sea, nyos, seachem badges) make you think you aren’t cycled when indeed you are if you owned a $200 expensive seneye meter, you’d never be doubting your cycle status. since .01% of the reefing population owns these, we need a way to help the...

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cycles any live rock transfer without testing:

A thread tracking pure skip cycle instant reefs, no bottle bac

I'm at river city Aquatics in Austin rn Now this is skip cycle live rock If kept wet in saltwater it will not: Starve Get uncycled Fail to skip cycle Cause a mini cycle See all the coralline The bottom of the tank has pods and micro brittle stars, all healthy proof of being cycled with no...

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[brandon429]

Aquabiomics = Eli from page one:

Hey was this cycle able to be visually verified? Any word on the others I've back edited in here for four years?

Modified API Test Results

Hello, After seeing a post about Dan_P’s modified API ammonia test. I decided to give it a try since I’ve been getting the .25 Ammonia reading on API for a month now (my tank is six weeks old and has 0 nitrites and 10-20 Nitrates). I’ve tried the Seachem Ammonia test to compare and the results...

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Testing for the cycle was stated as required by you, was that true in hindsight?

I never trusted the for charge testing that followed shortly after this exchange. It's riding a wave of false doubt, seeds were created here above.

 

[brandon429]

Every time we find a skip cycle gem in work threads i think of this thread.

Few more visual verified cycles:

New to reefing, did I skip the cycling process?

So about 2 weeks ago I setup my first saltwater tank, a fluval evo 13.5g. I put in some sand and saltwater and let it run for about a week and a half. I purchased some live rock from an existing aquarium and added it to my tank and it's been 4 days and all my parameters are perfect, ph of 8...

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Skip Cycle with Live rock and Life Rock ?

Hey guys, I just started up my second reef tank. Waterbox Cube 20, I built a life rock reef scape and am adding in live rock, some in my mid chamber and some in the display to skip cycle. I know this isn’t a pure skip with the life rock but can I swing it as a skip because of the Live I have in...

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[brandon429]

Red Seas Ammonia test always sets high ammonia

I'm using Red Sea's Ammonia test and always appears high ammonia level +2, +1.5, has happened something like this to you? I also have a seachem Ammonia alert that shows wcerything correcto

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Following Eli’s advice from page one and two here, that posters cycle is broken because Red Sea says so

Eli said the only way to know a cycle is done is to test for it, he didn’t give any other qualifiers

and I think that’s by design.


why didn’t Eli give us feedback on page one or two about the impacts of mis testing in reefing? The way it might lead people to make wasted purchases or make unneeded responsive reef tank changes? he has to sell it that way in order to drive business.

if people don’t need reef testing like it’s painted to be needed, a revenue stream dries up


If there’s any doubt in the validity of for-charge DNA testing, it won’t be the hot button topic of the millennia. When the Ted talk comes I’ll know the fleece is complete.