FishyReef
Broke Reefer!
I've been doing a ton of maintenance on my sump over the last few days. On saturday I removed all of the rubble and placed it in a bucket with water. I thought I'd get it back in the sump on Saturday, but one thing let to another and I had to fix two pumps before I could set the thing back up. Pumps are working now and my skimmer is beginning to pull out all of the sediment that had collected on the bottom of the tank. I'd like to put the rubble and chaeto back in the sump tomorrow after the skimmer has really cleared out the water but the rubble has already been sitting in the bucket without flow for 2 days now - I haven't had a heater in there either, room temp is in the 70s. I still have the sump disconnected from the DT and won't hook it up until things are good again, but I'm wondering what the chances are that the rubble will cause a small cycle in the sump? If it does, how long should I expect the tank to cycle? Would reconnecting it to my DT (which has a ton of mature live rock) help avert a cycle? Thanks!