cure LR and Ammonia

[a4twenty]

Originally Posted by Alberta-newb

.... as you want to get your population of nitrifying bacteria going

i agree, you need a little bit of ammonia, then nitrites to fully cycle the rock.

it sounds like you are well on your way, just test the water weekly ( or twice a week if you really want ) and if is get really high, do a WC.

[Whatigot]

my best experience with cooking rock (and I have cooked a lot of rock) has been when I water changed as often as i could.
I did this because I amde the mistake of cooking 50 lbs of cuban LR in my foye, so I changed 10% almost daily and my cycle took les than a week from the point that it started to smell up my whole top floor.