Ahh,so the liverock wasn't added when you first set up the tank.Did you have the live rock in a differant tank curing,or did you get it from the store and put it directly into your tank?If it came from the LFS,they may have told you its fully cured,but thats often not the case.Most LFS wont test the water and wouldn't know for sure if its cured or not.Plus even fully cured rock,may have some die off on the trip home.Depending on how long a trip,and how much the water cools off.Some times when you add fully cured rock,you can still get some die off.Organizms living happily on the surface of the rock suddenly find themselves buried in the sand.
With live rock in the tank,you wont need any other livestock or chemicals for the cycle.When the cycle is finnished,you can add livestock slowly (not 5 fish at a time).If you add slowly,there will be a small amonia spike at first,but it will be small and will quickly be talken care of by the liverock.
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Last edited by Quagmire; 02-13-2006 at 04:49 AM.
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