I have a question about maintaining nitrifying bacteria in a tank with no livestock.
Basic run down of my situation: I've got a new tank I started a month ago, did a fishless cycle with Fritz Turbo Start 900, about 10 days later the numbers were looking good so I added 2 Clownfish. 9 days later they were both dead that morning. I'm not 100% sure exactly what happened, but my best guess is Brooklynella. So to be safe I'm doing a 6 week fallow period. I've been checking nitrates and parameters regularly just to keep up on everything. I've also been dropping a few food pellets in about twice a week to help with some sort of bio lode.
Is there anything I need to do to make sure the good bacteria in my tank will thrive with no fish, inverts, corals, or any kind of natural bio lode? It's a 30L AIO tank with Carib-Alive sand, reef savor rock, and a small bag of bio-pellets
Basic run down of my situation: I've got a new tank I started a month ago, did a fishless cycle with Fritz Turbo Start 900, about 10 days later the numbers were looking good so I added 2 Clownfish. 9 days later they were both dead that morning. I'm not 100% sure exactly what happened, but my best guess is Brooklynella. So to be safe I'm doing a 6 week fallow period. I've been checking nitrates and parameters regularly just to keep up on everything. I've also been dropping a few food pellets in about twice a week to help with some sort of bio lode.
Is there anything I need to do to make sure the good bacteria in my tank will thrive with no fish, inverts, corals, or any kind of natural bio lode? It's a 30L AIO tank with Carib-Alive sand, reef savor rock, and a small bag of bio-pellets