mini cycle
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chichimom79
reef junkie
The sand could cause an issue. I just set up a ten gallon with no cycle using old water and rock from the same system. Im adding sand later. Hope this helps.
Reefer head
Reefing newb
No no no the sand is the mother load of beneficial bacteria the water has nothing to do with it. with a good amount of established live rock u might never see a spike in ammonia. I setup my seahorse tank in a day with sand and live rock from other tank and it's been like 3 weeks still no spike.
Amba
Ol' Salty
Was all that stuff in the tank before, or by extra do you mean you never used it?
chichimom79
reef junkie
The sand can also be a motherload of detritus and absorbed nitrates. It could go either way. I decided to be safe rather than sorry and add new sand later.
Reefer head
Reefing newb
My comment was based on the assumption that he keeps his tank clean and has a coc that will take care of any detritus 0 nites, u know
Reefer head
Reefing newb
Ur gonna need about the recommended amount of live rock for the tank right away, so ur extra might not be enough but will help
little_fish
Moderator
+100 Chichi
The vast majority of bacteria is actually on the rocks. I would add cleaned old sand or new sand the tank after getting the rocks in.
The vast majority of bacteria is actually on the rocks. I would add cleaned old sand or new sand the tank after getting the rocks in.
Reefer head
Reefing newb
Now that I think about it there was some gasses building up in the Sand I transferred so I rinsed it. But my source on the sand , Org.com - Only the best links ...
Reefer head
Reefing newb
Damn double posts
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Reefer head
Reefing newb
That is not the link I posted, don't bother, what's the deal It was suppossed to be seahorse.org
little_fish
Moderator
Seahorse.org has a lot of really strange and really bad advice on there. That isnt a place I would turn to for good info. I used to do a lot of reading on there and there are some really crazy people on there.
Reefer head
Reefing newb
I guess I havent been around enough to tell the diff but my horses are doing awesome in crystal clear water
