how long do you cycle your tank? 1 mth, 1 yr .....

[andysho]

how long do you guys cycle your tank ?

1 mth or few mths~~~ or 1 year perhaps

[Tanggy]

Hmm.....

1st tank - 3weeks + (2ft)

2nd tank - 4days (3ft)

3rd tank - 5days (5ft)

4th tank - yet to be determined..... (?ft)

ke ke.....

[jas_soh]

Hmm.....

1st tank - 3weeks + (2ft)

2nd tank - 4days (3ft)

3rd tank - 5days (5ft)

4th tank - yet to be determined..... (?ft)

ke ke.....

4 days for 2nd tank? by using the existing sand + lr from 1st tank ah??

[andysho]

wow tanggy

thinking of your 4th tank liao kekeke

my 2 feet cube tank just arrived yesterday~~

still waiting for 2 or 3 more days then add water in and let

it cycle~~~ for some time~~

[alanseah]

1st tank.. 2 months.. cause me away for oversea trip.. lolz..

[arcanehacker]

Hmm.....

1st tank - 3weeks + (2ft)

2nd tank - 4days (3ft)

3rd tank - 5days (5ft)

4th tank - yet to be determined..... (?ft)

ke ke.....

custom made 8 feet lah.. with super depth and width..

[alanseah]

hmm maybe he go do a 8ft by 3ft by 3ft.. lolz..

[neutronics]

How about a custom made 6 feet wall tank?

[alanseah]

why dont u say custom make 7-8ft tank as a bed..

[andysho]

just wonder for a 2 feet cube tank~~ is it best to scape and stack up like a mountain

[strat]

I cycled for 1 mth and 1 wk! Cos went overseas.

[zephyros]

I had read a article somewhere regarding water cycling.

It says that there is never an end to water cycling. The

bacterias are always re-balancing themselves to suit

the env ... things will die off and decompose and the

bacterias will reproduce themselves to breakdown the

stuff. Then some of the bacterias will die off as there is

nothing for them to "eat" ... and the cycle goes on.

The initial water cycle process is just a "initial startup package"

to intoduce the necessary bacteria, that's all.

zephyros

[jas_soh]

I had read a article somewhere regarding water cycling.

It says that there is never an end to water cycling. The

bacterias are always re-balancing themselves to suit

the env ... things will die off and decompose and the

bacterias will reproduce themselves to breakdown the

stuff. Then some of the bacterias will die off as there is

nothing for them to "eat" ... and the cycle goes on.

The initial water cycle process is just a "initial startup package"

to intoduce the necessary bacteria, that's all.

zephyros

i totally agree with you.

bacterias (good & bad) would die off if they were to starve. hence, even during the initial set up/cycling, there should be something for the bacteria to feed on. otherwise the bacteria might multiply & slowly die off. hence it's not the length of cycling period that matters; it's the quantity of beneficial bacteria that bred.

my 2cents.

[andysho]

for that, i happend to came across some ang mo website

they only take 2 week to cycle the tank~~ and corals doing

very well~~ as what Zephyros stated that there is never an end to water cycling~~~ their secret success in keeping corals alive and growing like no ppl business was to have some back up system for

bacteria~~ Solid DSB and so on~~

[Tanggy]

why dont u say custom make 7-8ft tank as a bed..

Hmmm.... but must change house for that, not just tank le..

But why not for get the cabinet, do a tank thats 8x5x5ft. sump located in another room. Can go scuba at home leh!!! ha ha....

[andysho]

I never see a 10 feet tank before ~~

wonder who will make a 10 feet tank in SRC?

Going to cost a bomb $$$$$

[Tanggy]

Well one can always dreamz rite...

well I agreed that bact are always rebalancing itself to the tank's load. But i think the initial cycling is to introduce the bacteria and allow them time to establish themselve in number.

A new tank without any help. just an armonia source with media for bact to grow will need long for the cycle cos bacteria is in the air. Get transferred into the water and multiply. What we can do is help speed things up. By bact culture so no need so long. Cured LR provide an existing population that seed the tank.

And yes. my 2nd and 3rd tank use stuuf from my older tanks. I transferred all my life rock from 2 3ft tank that has been running for 3-5months before my new tank came. and i use water from 2 3ft tank when setting up the 5ft. so half the new tank water from old tank. and after a week i put only 3 small fish from old tank so wont overload the new tank and restart the cycle.

[Tanggy]

10 ft, I think the elect bill alone monthly can setup a cheap 2ft or 3ft buget tank liaoz!!

[andysho]

just found a useful webby on cycling for marine tanks

hope it helps ~~~

http://www.simplifiedreefkeeping.com/faq/8.htm

extracted from the webby above

Cycling the tank with live rock is the simplest, most trouble-free way to start a reef tank.

[james72]

for that, i happend to came across some ang mo website

they only take 2 week to cycle the tank~~ and corals doing

very well~~ as what Zephyros stated that there is never an end to water cycling~~~ their secret success in keeping corals alive and growing like no ppl business was to have some back up system for

bacteria~~ Solid DSB and so on~~

Yup, my 3ft tank took abt 2 weeks for the cycling with 18mths old cured Live rocks. 5th day add 2 small fishes, 1st week some crabs,shrimps and snails, 2nd week corals & more fishes. Take ammonia,NO2 & NO3 readings every day.......Only add more when readings are less than 0.3mg/l

10th day - 1 damsel died due to injury after being bullied

11th day - 2nd damsel died (reasons unknown)

30th day - Yellow sabae anemone & Curly Que anemone died due to "sunburn"

35th day - One hermit crab died

Present - Feather Star observed dropping some "feathers", leather shredding skins.

Rest of the stocks as per below, so far so good.....still monitoring closely.......observed after adding another powerhead for more circulation and flow, Anemones does not shunk or get "sunburn" so easily.

[tigershark]

took tlt 2 weeks + to cycle, use cure live rock, top 1" DSB with existing live sand, those benefical beteria from LFS, 20 gallon of old SW, ..... all ammonia and nitrite was undetected by the 2nd week....