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MitchM · #41 07-08-2002, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Seriak:

You burn her! Or see if she weighs the same as a duck. Whatever works!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bingo!
:D

Give it a few weeks. test your water and get a flashlight! I did that, and it peaked my interest enough so that I wound up taking an invertebrate and zoology course.

Reef tanks are cool! :cool: :D

Mitch

Delphinus · #42 07-08-2002, 08:27 PM

All new water, obviously, will make things take longer as bacteria needs to establish itself. However, if you're prepared to wait four months, I doubt you're really going to notice a huge difference at that point either way.

Generally speaking, I find the "amount of time" guidelines to be just that (guidelines). The parameters are the ultimate indicator.

You need to question your parameters though, if you see things happen that seem to be outside those guidelines. A zero nitrate reading, for example, does not indicate a tank has a complete NO3 to N2 cycle going. It could be that the nitrates are being consumed by something (caulerpa, for example -- that is why sporalation or "going sexual" is not always good for a tank -- it can take your tank from 0ppm NO3 to 60ppm NO3 in a matter of hours ... shocking the heck out of tank inhabitants.. been there, done that...)

And as I've discovered, a tank can be as old as two years and not have a proper NO3 to N2 cycle going. :mad: (Case in point, my carpet anemone tank. Which is currently sitting at 40ppm.. :eek: )

[ 08 July 2002, 16:28: Message edited by: delphinus ]

Canadian Man · #43 07-09-2002, 04:12 AM

6 MONTHS :eek:

I hade a pair of clown's in my tank after 10 days and a leather coral in after 2 weeks.
Both are still doing extremely well.
I did have cured live rock though, so my cycle took 4 days total.

AJ_77 · #44 07-09-2002, 04:19 AM

Jon, after all your reading and research, are you saying that your experience should be considered typical?

:confused:

More like unusual, I should think?

Canadian Man · #45 07-09-2002, 04:32 AM

Yes you are correct with the not typical experience I had.
I too wish I had the patience to wait 6 months to add stuff but, alas, I do not.

I don't recomend doing what I did.
I definitley would not put any sensitive/needy corals in for quite some time.

On the flip side of my response, you have to add some things. That's what I consider to be a fun part of the hobby and to me it keeps things interesting.

[ 08 July 2002, 12:34: Message edited by: Canadian Man ]