Chase31's 50 starfire aquascape reef

[Chase31]

Originally Posted by michika

Go get a shrimp, get a whole ring if you like to eat them. Then sit in front of your tank and eat some of those delicious shrimp for yourself. Then add two shrimp to your tank and walk away.

Don't use fish to cycle your tank. From an economic perspective its a needless expense and a mouth to feed. From a humane view its cruel and unnecessary. And finally, from a housekeeping point of view; most of the fish suggested to you will probably grow into a mean territorial SOB who kills off some prized recent additions because it's cheap aggressive fish that really has no place in your system, but you wanted to cycle with a fish so...

Or if you're partial to beer, drink, digest, "replace some evap." and walk away. Yes, this is a real thing.

Either way, good luck with your re-start.

I realize this is a real thing Im not planning to cycle the tank with fish im planning to bring my bioload up very very slowly with my base of bacteria from prodibio. and bioptum

[Chase31]

I have have heard of people doing this, does it work?

[Chase31]

Bump on that last question

[Skimmerking]

what using no fish to cycle

[JDigital]

Yes, using prodibio (Biostart 1st, Bioclean 2nd, ReefBooster last) is a good way to start a tank cycle, especially when using dry rock. (I'm not sure if you are or not).

I started a 180G tank with similar Zeo products and started my 60G tank with Prodibio products.

[Chase31]

What I'm wondering is once I have no ammonia and everything is in check adding maybe one fish and a coral or two and add my livestock very slowly to bring up the bioload

[Chase31]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Yes, using prodibio (Biostart 1st, Bioclean 2nd, ReefBooster last) is a good way to start a tank cycle, especially when using dry rock. (I'm not sure if you are or not).

I started a 180G tank with similar Zeo products and started my 60G tank with Prodibio products.

Yea it is mostly dry base rock and dead dry rock that's been soaked in water for months

[Chase31]

Here are some pics for all of you that are interested my ammonia has dropped to 0 and I have 2 damsels in there that have been there for around a week now, levels are still holding at 0 there is so much rock in there I'm never going to be able to find my fish, also have an mp 10 hiding in the rock wall by my overflow hoping to add a mp30 on the other side to get a wave effect going.

[Chase31]

So with all my levels holding nicely I have added two false perc clownfish (ocullaris) and a royalgramma, because my girlfriend wouldn't let me leave the store without her hehe

[Chase31]

Originally Posted by Chase31

So with all my levels holding nicely I have added two false perc clownfish (ocullaris) and a royalgramma, because my girlfriend wouldn't let me leave the store without her hehe

Also added 4 hermits and a snail (got a snail instead of a hermit