question pod explostion within 2.5 weeks

[tbone]

i could take some pics tonight.

but i don't there would be as much as before. cuz i've cleaned the glass.

when the lights turn on i notice my cyano almost gone. very light pink.

what surprise me is that my tank cycle within 2 weeks. clear.

but i turn off the pump. i see alot of pods swiming around. very cool to see.

[TheReefGeek]

With dead, or dry rock that is seeded with say 10% cured rock (like what you did, used your old rocks and added 10lbs live), cycling can be faster than with all "live" rock because of all the die-off that happens from the time the rock leaves the ocean to the time it is in tank water.

Same principle as you can add as much dry rock to your tank at one time as you want, but not as much "live" rock, because the die-off from too much live rock at one time can cause a harmfull spike in your tank.

This is why I recommend people who use dry rock in a new tank to use 10% live rock in addition to the dry rock. If you use fully cured rock (no die-off at all), then you have to jump-start the cycle process by introducing some waste, a piece of shrimp or feeding a tough fish such as a damsel works.

[tbone]

but i'd added the rock just last week. but to see pod pop exploding is un real.

i remember when i got the tank used and got the tank setup and everything i didn't notice anything for the first 1 month. i had Major cyano bloom.

[TheReefGeek]

Very strange.

Did you test your levels daily and record an actual cycle? Ie, rise in ammonia then decrease, then rise in nitrite then decrease, then rise in nitrate.

[tbone]

no i didn't. just once which was the day that it cycle ended.

[TheReefGeek]

Hard to know if it actually cycled based on 1 test.

I would test every day for the next week and record/chart the values. Ph as well.

[tbone]

i'll do that once i get home tonight.