Live rock transfers are not new.the reason you weren't told that, is because the mods feel updated cycling science isn't sticky worthy
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Live rock transfers are not new.the reason you weren't told that, is because the mods feel updated cycling science isn't sticky worthy
I think you misunderstand, I never had any ammonia, nitrites or nitrates detected. This is same condition as when I started the tank. I think my coral is not doing good.
As for organisms, I have the following
1 Scarlet Hermit Crab
2 Red Tip Hermit Crabs
1 Halloween Hermit Crab
Note this crabs only added in last 4 days and I had Algae before that.
Brew12s sticky at the top of this forum on live rock is accurate; its been there for 7 years; I quote;and Garf, I'm asking if you will please post cycle training material you know of that teaches about skip cycling. lots of people would like to see that.
Can you point out the parts that are wrong or incomplete, I'm sure the mods will look at it and decide on any modifications required.Live rock is rock that does have living bacteria on it. The main reason to use live rock is to speed up the cycling process. Just like with dry rock, not all live rock is ready to put immediately in an aquarium. For simplicity I am going to put live rock in 2 broad categories. If your live rock came directly out of a marine system and is kept submerged in quality water during transport you can put it directly into your tank. If the rock was exposed to air or shipped damp then it needs to be cured prior to use. The bacteria on this rock will be fine but other living things may have died and should be removed prior to putting it in the tank
Interesting, on top of live rock, I also got live sand from PetCo.Stewart it's this simple
the live rock % in the tank is enough to run the tank completely, all the rock was already cycled at petco. the white portions don't count, they're too small to matter. I listed additional reasons those happened to be cycled too, but not because they came dry from a pet store. it is all very complicated I agree/check out that thread.
moving live rocks from petco to home does not uncycle those rocks, therefore your new tank was ready immediately upon setup
you skipped the cycle. the reason you don't have ammonia concerns is because 1. you got lucky your test kit allowed you to see that and 2. your whole system is completely cycled.