Cycling New Tank

[fish_lover09]

hello
i got my live rock yesterday and im starting to cycle my tank do i need the protien skimmer on or off when cycling and how long does it take to fully cycle and also are there any clear signs that show everything is going well
thanks for your help

 

[kennygater]

hello
i got my live rock yesterday and im starting to cycle my tank do i need the protien skimmer on or off when cycling and how long does it take to fully cycle
thanks for your help

hi i wouldnt have the skimmer going while its cycling, also you could always get some black mollies to cycle the tank quicker

 

[fish_lover09]

hello
i got my live rock yesterday and im starting to cycle my tank do i need the protien skimmer on or off when cycling and how long does it take to fully cycle
thanks for your help

hi i wouldnt have the skimmer going while its cycling, also you could always get some black mollies to cycle the tank quicker

mollies? aint they freshwater fish would this work because i have a molly in my freshwater tank how would i adjust the molly to the saltwater

 

[kennygater]

hello
i got my live rock yesterday and im starting to cycle my tank do i need the protien skimmer on or off when cycling and how long does it take to fully cycle
thanks for your help

hi i wouldnt have the skimmer going while its cycling, also you could always get some black mollies to cycle the tank quicker

mollies? aint they freshwater fish would this work because i have a molly in my freshwater tank how would i adjust the molly to the saltwater

yes black mollies can go in saltwater as well

 

[kennygater]

hello
i got my live rock yesterday and im starting to cycle my tank do i need the protien skimmer on or off when cycling and how long does it take to fully cycle
thanks for your help

hi i wouldnt have the skimmer going while its cycling, also you could always get some black mollies to cycle the tank quicker

mollies? aint they freshwater fish would this work because i have a molly in my freshwater tank how would i adjust the molly to the saltwater

yes black mollies can go in saltwater as well

i just put the mollies in a bag of ro water then just added the saltwater from the tank slowly.

 

[seffieuk]

Please, please dont cycle a tank with fish - its not needed at all. The live rock will produce your cycle. test every 24 hours after the first three days, for ammonia spike, then a nitrite spike and then a nitrate spike. you cant guess how long a cycle will take, some people have no cycle as there rock is kept in water and put straight in the tank, others have a cycle of a week or so up to eight weeks or so if the rock is not cured.

But, please take out the Molly

Seffie x

ps you can run your skimmer, but you might not get much skim

 

[fish_lover09]

Please, please dont cycle a tank with fish - its not needed at all. The live rock will produce your cycle. test every 24 hours after the first three days, for ammonia spike, then a nitrite spike and then a nitrate spike. you cant guess how long a cycle will take, some people have no cycle as there rock is kept in water and put straight in the tank, others have a cycle of a week or so up to eight weeks or so if the rock is not cured.

But, please take out the Molly

Seffie x

ps you can run your skimmer, but you might not get much skim

thanks for your help i didnt put the fish in my tank as i dint want to kill the molly. after the cycle process has complete should i do a water change stright away or can i leave it and add clean up crew,fish etc

 

[seffieuk]

On a nano you would do a 50% water change as soon as you get your nitrate spike, then test again in 24 hours, if nitrates <10 then you can buy your cuc

How big is your tank? and we would love to know your plans

Seffie x

 

[fish_lover09]

On a nano you would do a 50% water change as soon as you get your nitrate spike, then test again in 24 hours, if nitrates <10 then you can buy your cuc

How big is your tank? and we would love to know your plans

Seffie x

thanks my tank is a 90 litre tank and i want to get a few softcorals (havent decided on which ones yet thro i want a green button polyp and i would like to get a couple of peppermint shrimps and sand shifing snails then are all this is complete and settled i want to start adding fish (2 clownfish 1 royal gramma and a 1 catalina goby) this is my plan atm but i always changing my mind on things

 

[seffieuk]

Thats nice stocking apart from the Catalina goby, i'm afraid you wont be able to have one of those, they dont like the high temp we have in our tanks, they need much lower temps, sorry

Seffie x

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Yeah as seffie says the Catalina goby comes from cooler waters and will not survive in a full tropical marine tank. I believe I remember reading (but dont take my word for it) that they are also best kept in groups.

 

[fish_lover09]

Yeah as seffie says the Catalina goby comes from cooler waters and will not survive in a full tropical marine tank. I believe I remember reading (but dont take my word for it) that they are also best kept in groups.

thank i think i will leave the catalina goby and get something else. any suggestions?

 

[fish_lover09]

hello
i done my first test today here is results

ammonia 0
nitrite 0
ph 8.0
nitrate 10
calcium 480ppm
phosphate 0.5ppm
Kh 9 (161.1ppm)
salticity 1.026

is this good i have only had live rock in the tank for 2 days and still havent got a reading on ammonia or nitrite

 

[fish_lover09]

hello
i done my first test today here is results

ammonia 0
nitrite 0
ph 8.0
nitrate 10
calcium 480ppm
phosphate 0.5ppm
Kh 9 (161.1ppm)
salticity 1.026

is this good i have only had live rock in the tank for 2 days and still havent got a reading on ammonia or nitrite

hello

done test again today and got same results still no ammonia spike yet

 

[fish_lover09]

hello
i done my first test today here is results

ammonia 0
nitrite 0
ph 8.0
nitrate 10
calcium 480ppm
phosphate 0.5ppm
Kh 9 (161.1ppm)
salticity 1.026

is this good i have only had live rock in the tank for 2 days and still havent got a reading on ammonia or nitrite

hello

done test again today and got same results still no ammonia spike yet

hello again

here is some pictures of my tank so far couldnt get file size small enough so have to post links also in one of the picture there is a puple stalk thing it came with my LR

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http/i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/fish_lover09/th_DSC00059.jpg this one with the purple stalk thing on it