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11-09-2008, 02:51 AM
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Im in the same boat as you bud. I recently started up my tank a couple weeks ago and am in the process of cycling.
All of the live rock that I added to the tank was already cured and well established. I myself was going to wait at least a month before adding any kind of life to my tank (as far as everything that I have researched it is the proper way to go). However a friend of mine who is very knowledgable and has alot of experience with aquaria (he also helped me set everything up) convinced me to introduce a couple of black molly's into the system. They are alive and well and according to my friends advice are helping to cycle the tank. Black molly's are a brackish water fish that can survive in both fresh and salt water and are very hardy fish. Also they are very cheap (about a buck each). Im not sure if this is the way to go but for me it seems to be working. Im new to the hobby and spend alot of time researching new material everyday however I am by no means an experienced aquarist. I would recommend taking advice from the pros before me but I hope my experience could perhaps shed some light on the subject. Good luck bud. Oxy 
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11-09-2008, 03:03 AM
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never use live fish to cycle
Oxymoron
The idea of using cheap, brackish or hardy marine fish to cycle a marine tank is dated 1980s thinking. Today with live sand, live rock and proper test kits it is no longer necessary to stress or kill live fish. Tell your friend most conciencious reefs would never do that today.
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11-09-2008, 03:09 AM
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11-09-2008, 03:18 AM
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As well as this board, a great website to get info on fish, coral and inverts is www.wetwebmedia.com Take a look and see what it says about triggers.
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11-09-2008, 03:29 AM
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Based on what I've read so far, Naeso sounds like he can be a bit abrasive. However, from everything I have read, he is very, very right. There is little sense in risking killing fish. When placed in an environment that is still cycling and there is a decent amount of ammonium it stresses out the fish and there is potential for death.
I've heard it before, and it's just hard. I mean, everyone just wants to get some marine friends in their their tank asap. I had mollies before when I had my freshwater tank. I think i'm going to pass on as much as I can, I'll keep my focus on first of all, getting the 30 gallon that I need setup. I heard someone talking about putting in a dead fish in the tank, like a shrimp or something from the supermarket. I guess that this idea is to raise the ammonium levels to be higher so that it helps the cycle come to fruition. Is this a better way of going about it? Should I buy a dead shrimp from T&T and help the tank cycle? Should I just leave it alone and let things just do their thing. ________ GSX650F Last edited by moldrik; 01-24-2011 at 01:59 PM.
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11-09-2008, 04:19 AM
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 seriously though, cycling a tank with live rock is all you need. There is enough dying matter to feed the bacteria and there is no need for fish, dead hamsters or anything else. And for Oxymoron, if you put a fish in a tank that has fully cured rock, he probably hasn't suffered at all, so don't beat yourself up about it Using rock, once you have no detectable NH3, you're good to start slowly adding things.
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11-09-2008, 04:27 AM
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I think on that note perhaps a title change is in order. Im happy to hear that I didn't stress out the molly's and we did make sure that our ammonia was at zero and our nitrates were minimal before adding them into the mix.
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