tizapolgar
Zymurgist
Hey guys, it's me again...back with a couple of questions of saltwater inexperience.
To start - I've been testing my water daily for several days, and the tank has been up and running for a week and a half. Temperature stays within one degree up or down of 79F, pH is on the rise (up to 8.0 from upper 7s, so it's almost there), no ammonia, but the nitrites are high (as one would expect). So it seems like the cycle is going pretty normally. 10 Gallons, with between 8 and 10 lbs of live rock.
But, I'm wondering if I've screwed byself by cycling the tank with live rock...this might be a stupid question, but given the harsh water conditions through the cycle process, does that kill off the good stuff (invertebrates and otherwise) that I want to have in the tank that would grow/arrive on the rock, or will it come back with time? I know that it takes several weeks for the rock to cure and begin to grow back, but will it grow back after having gone through an entire cycle?
Like I said...this might be a stupid question...but it seems that my reef and saltwater questions know no bounds :mrgreen:
Thanks!
To start - I've been testing my water daily for several days, and the tank has been up and running for a week and a half. Temperature stays within one degree up or down of 79F, pH is on the rise (up to 8.0 from upper 7s, so it's almost there), no ammonia, but the nitrites are high (as one would expect). So it seems like the cycle is going pretty normally. 10 Gallons, with between 8 and 10 lbs of live rock.
But, I'm wondering if I've screwed byself by cycling the tank with live rock...this might be a stupid question, but given the harsh water conditions through the cycle process, does that kill off the good stuff (invertebrates and otherwise) that I want to have in the tank that would grow/arrive on the rock, or will it come back with time? I know that it takes several weeks for the rock to cure and begin to grow back, but will it grow back after having gone through an entire cycle?
Like I said...this might be a stupid question...but it seems that my reef and saltwater questions know no bounds :mrgreen:
Thanks!