Cycling a tank

[Hilmi21]

Hi everyone... i have a question on how to cycle a new reed aquarium. I am using a a liverock but it has been out of water for 2 to 3 days. Im not using sand in the tank. The tank is filled up with saltwater from lfs. What are the method that i can use to speed up the cycling process? Thanks

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[Clement Chen]

Well u can buy bacteria to dose like microbacter 7 or microbe-lift. Add in a piece of prawn as food and there u go. 

[JMW]

Well.. Live rock that has been out of the water could have most of its organisms dead or dying, so what you are working with could be semi-dead rock in a way. 

You could consider dosing bacteria to set up the beneficial bac population. Test for ammonia as the days pass 

[Hilmi21]

Okay noted can mut market prawn? When to take it out? Other then dosing bacteria can i like dose the skimmer waste?

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[Hilmi21]

*must

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[Kelvin Ang]

Nice Rock setup .

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[Hilmi21]

Thanks bro not yet finalised.. still playing around with it

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[Kelvin Ang]

Thanks bro not yet finalised.. still playing around with it

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Remeber if u use normal cycle technic it's about 40days . But if u use other advance technic of cycle it will be faster it up and it will cost u much more in price .

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[Hilmi21]

Currently im planning to add fish food in daily and buy a bacteria in a bottle and add in the tank

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[Kelvin Ang]

Currently im planning to add fish food in daily and buy a bacteria in a bottle and add in the tank

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Remeber to test your water everyday .

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[Hilmi21]

Yah noted bro thanks

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[Hilmi21]

I also have another question which brand of bacteria is best for cycling a tank? And can i straight away put fish after adding the bacteria?

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[Kelvin Ang]

I also have another question which brand of bacteria is best for cycling a tank? And can i straight away put fish after adding the bacteria?

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Better don't add fish until it's fully cycled.

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[Hilmi21]

Okay noted any brand to recommend?

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[Hilmi21]

And what i put in to make food for the bacteria?

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[josephwzr]

If u want to put fish after dosing bacteria, use atm colony. Quite hard to find it in Singapore though. It's a very famous product in the states and Europe.

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[JMW]

3 hours ago, Hilmi21 said:

Okay noted any brand to recommend?

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Can use brightwell microbac7

3 hours ago, Hilmi21 said:

And what i put in to make food for the bacteria?

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One option is what you mentioned earlier - market prawn. It will decay & somewhat begin the nitrogen cycle.

 

You can add livestock when your ammonia & nitrite readings are 0. Putting livestock into the tank when these are still present is putting them in harm's way as they are toxic. 

That's why we mentioned earlier to test your water - when ammonia & nitrite drop to 0, your bacteria population has established itself & can take care of waste created by new livestock. 

Hope this is clearer for you now..

[Hilmi21]

If u want to put fish after dosing bacteria, use atm colony. Quite hard to find it in Singapore though. It's a very famous product in the states and Europe.

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I decided to not use those bottle bacteria and used some water from a well established tank.

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[Hilmi21]

One option is what you mentioned earlier - market prawn. It will decay & somewhat begin the nitrogen cycle.

 

You can add livestock when your ammonia & nitrite readings are 0. Putting livestock into the tank when these are still present is putting them in harm's way as they are toxic. 

That's why we mentioned earlier to test your water - when ammonia & nitrite drop to 0, your bacteria population has established itself & can take care of waste created by new livestock. 

Hope this is clearer for you now..

Noted bro.. now i am feeding the tank with flake and frozen mysis and i used some well established water to kick start the cycle

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