LR and new tank cycle no ammonia??? is this true

[naesco]

Originally Posted by Fishgirl

I was reading on another forum site (not sure which one) but the post was about putting cured live rock into a new cycling tank. It said that if you put cured rock into a new set up you won't get the ammonia spike is this true? I am wondering if this is true now does that work do you still get the nitrite and nitrate spike or is that whole thing eliminated? I have a 125gal I am setting up, and I want to cycle it as fast as I can so I can put my fish in and have them all be happy and safe. I am going to get 120lbs of LR hopefully today and what I want to do is put it into a rubbermaid tub with a filter and heater on it. For a week or two until I get my tank up and running with water. I was thinking that by that time the all the rocks die off should be done and the rock would be safe to put into the tank???? How do I cure the rock this way and make sure there is as little die off as possible when the time comes to put it into my tank? I have a light I will be putting on it as well. Anyway help on this would be great sorry if this is a repost I search but didnt' find anything on this topic here.

I agree with what others have posted. You need to proceed slowly not as quick as you can. The key to success in this hobby is patience.
After you are certain your tank has cycled wait a few weeks than add one one fish per month unless they are very small fish.

Your water needs to age a bit and your sand bed has to develop. If you push the envelope you will most certainly develop diatom, cyno and algae problems and you do not want that.

Hello and thank you for your advice, I guess I should reword what I put I didn't mean I was going to put them all in at once, and yes I will do this slowly I was thinking if I put the rock in lets say next week wait a week and put in my two cheap damsels lol and wait 2 more weeks and add my 2 clowns then wait another week and then add my majestic, and singapore and tang??? all my fish are between 1.5in - 3.5in there all pretty small(of course always checking water chemistry and do my water changes in this period as well in between adding fish if it is off I'd wait longer to add fish but if good it would be ok right? )

Originally Posted by naesco

I agree with what others have posted. You need to proceed slowly not as quick as you can. The key to success in this hobby is patience.
After you are certain your tank has cycled wait a few weeks than add one one fish per month unless they are very small fish.

Your water needs to age a bit and your sand bed has to develop. If you push the envelope you will most certainly develop diatom, cyno and algae problems and you do not want that.