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Live rock confusion
Hi all,
Need some advice please. I'm a bit confused with the concept of cycling with "Cured" live rock. I see alot of articles referring to using "uncured" live rock for a cycle so the die off of orgamisms cause the ammonia spike and start the cycle. Makes sense to me! My situation is.. I bought 32 lbs of cured totoka rock for a 38 gallon from a LFS,they wrapped it in wet newspaper and i had it in the tank within 1hr MAX. It's been 10 days now and i have yet to see any sign of Ammonia, Nitrite or Nitrate. According to alot of articles on the web.. once i see these readings the tank should be ready for the clean up crew??? So why do i have to wait a month?? Shouldn't i add some live stock so there is a source of ammonia and the Beneficial bacteria can multiple slowly to the demand? One person told me the tank cycled already, another says "no way!" not ready. I'm really confused!!! |