Water changes doesn't prolong the cycle. Every batch of live rock i have cured, I have done a 50% water change daily right from day 1 and i kept it up for as long as i was registering ammonia levels (approx 5 days). My theory is the bacteria are already present on the rock, the trick is to keep as many animals in the rock alive as I can and that means keeping the ammonia levels down. The longest it has taken for my nitrates to drop down below 10ppm was 3 weeks.
Last edited by marie; 08-02-2007 at 06:22 AM.
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