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Originally Posted by RuGlu6
When your tank is cycled it does Not mean it will not go to another "mini cycle"
And many after that, every time you change something in the tank this will happen.
It took 6 month to completely cycle my tank before i put any SPS in it.
If you just want fish you are ok after few weeks.
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I've been trying to future proof that by keeping a large supply of rotting shrimp in continuous supply in the sump. I know it's making this take way longer, but I want to create enough of a bacterial base on my dead rocks that I could put in a couple of large fish and already have the waste eating engine needed to support them from day one. On the upside, it's breaking my skimmer in like nobody's business.
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Originally Posted by Otardifus
I hope you have an established tank to look at while you are wating !
or maybe a fresh water tank at the least.
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I have a sad little 5 gallon pico reef that I ripped off from reef builders. I call it "eco-reef ghetto". However, it is growing two SPS frags pretty well, even with no water testing and 100% water changes whenever I feel like it.
Water test this morning... I clearly have 0.25ppm nitrites! yesterday it was way higher, so I'm on the right end of the curve! I also inoculated the tank with a couple of pieces of seed live-rock that I bought from one of the bigger stores, so I'm getting a pretty fierce diatom bloom too.