Cycleing impatience, what gives!?

[Skimmerking]

Did you use that hagen Cycle, if so you dont really get a spike or much of a cycle. I know that from 4 other tanks

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

Did you use that hagen Cycle, if so you dont really get a spike or much of a cycle. I know that from 4 other tanks

No, just LR, live sand and chromis.

[Skimmerking]

holy heck with a tank that size you sould add like 2 bottles to get the cycle going too

[Rbacchiega]

Asmodeus...did you find that it actually sped up/finished the cycle or just got the ball rolling?

[Skimmerking]

yes it did it slow,y brought it up to the proper levels so basisly you dont get a spike... you have to triple dose actually to get the right spot and then you can have stuff in at 2-3 weeks

for my 120 gal i used 2 big bottles a bit of a over kill. but it worked

[Rbacchiega]

interesting...I'll have to take that into consideration the next time I set up a tank...My 90 just finished cycling (bout damn time) but I've got a nice long 135 that sure would look good as a reef...herm....
thanks

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

yes it did it slow,y brought it up to the proper levels so basisly you dont get a spike... you have to triple dose actually to get the right spot and then you can have stuff in at 2-3 weeks

for my 120 gal i used 2 big bottles a bit of a over kill. but it worked

Hummmmmm, sounds like it's worth a try.

[Skimmerking]

seriously get 2x 500ml bottle they do 500 gal each I think and pour it in and watch what happens ok ... trust me it will cycle soon and faster then you think

[Johnny Reefer]

This sounds like a classic case of an instant cycle. I doubt the rock was dead in the first place. Those pods had to have come from somewhere. Uncured maybe, but you certainly cured it over the 3 months (or whatever it was). I'd say you are not getting NH3 and NO2, because the tank cycled instantly. This is the result of there being enough nitrifying bacteria in the rock already, to deal with any ammonia. As for the NO3, I'd say you are not detecting a reading there because you're bio-load is extremely low right now.

Long story short, you're good to go, IMO.

Cheers,

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

This sounds like a classic case of an instant cycle. I doubt the rock was dead in the first place. Those pods had to have come from somewhere. Uncured maybe, but you certainly cured it over the 3 months (or whatever it was). I'd say you are not getting NH3 and NO2, because the tank cycled instantly. This is the result of there being enough nitrifying bacteria in the rock already, to deal with any ammonia. As for the NO3, I'd say you are not detecting a reading there because you're bio-load is extremely low right now.

Long story short, you're good to go, IMO.

Cheers,

This is what I've been pondering. Is there no NO3 at all as in it's not cycled yet or is it cycled but the NO3 is not reading because of low bio load. *sigh* I wish I knew for sure.

I'm going to find out soon how well off this tank is or not because we just put all the LR with our zoo corals on it in this tank. We had the zoo rocks in the sump under PC lights but they looked so terrible, we decided to put them in the new tank under the T5. I have to say the zoos are starting to open up and look better, so here's hoping.

I think if in a week or so if all the zoos are doing well in the new tank, we'll plumb the two tanks together and move the angels over.