Lights on or off when cycling?

Plecosam · Apr 22, 2020

JoshO said:
You can but at the same time it means the nitrate and phosphate are being taken up by the algae and not by the bacteria, which slows down your cycle

Lights on, these days with seeding products the cycle is super quick anyway.

JoshO · Apr 22, 2020

Plecosam said:
Lights on, these days with seeding products the cycle is super quick anyway.

Super quick is still usually about 2 weeks, if you spark an algae outbreak in that time it'll take longer

Plecosam · Apr 22, 2020

Well heck lights off then, I'm convinced,

Lights on or off when cycling?

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