New Tank Question

[ashr]

I would say you will see a large cycle. Even being out of the water for 20min and the difference between tanks can kill things. Just watch your levels for another week

[Flash]

let your tank cycle untouched for another week and then test the water...
how much rock did you add? was your sand all new?

[Shifty203]

Originally Posted by Flash

let your tank cycle untouched for another week and then test the water...
how much rock did you add? was your sand all new?

Only 83 pounds of rock so far.

The sand was all live sand at one point, but had been stored for a while in sealed pails. In smelled pretty bad when I opened the pails, so I rinsed it all until the water ran clean, then put in in the aquarium and added one 5 lb bag of live sand from the fish store.

[ashr]

In that case I would still wait another week

[Flash]

or 2... "live sand" from the fish store is not live! i'd give it another 2 weeks... or just get all the rock you want in there and then wait. every time you add rock there will be another cycle!