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When cycling tank .. wad r the things to do?


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Hi bros n sis.

I hav juz started cycling my tank.its in the forth da, n i hav some questions to ask.

1. Should i on my skimmer while cycling is on-going? .. currently its switched on.

2. Must i switch on my lights? if yes, how many hrs a day?

3. Is there a need to do water change during cycling? if yes, change how much of the water n wad is the time interval between each water change. I m using a 24" by 15" by 15" tank, abt 90L. BTW my sandbed is 4" high.

4. is there a certain temperature range? .. my tank is currently at 27+ degrees. with chiller, so if tempt need not b so low, i might consider not running my chiller for de time being.

I m planning to cycle for a month b4 adding anything.

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I will do this:

1. No skimmer.

2. Normal light cycle, to exhaust PO4, no lights also okay.

3. No Water Change.

4. Temp not important for now, things are dying in there so no worries.

Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

Old 30G Corner Tank.

Restarted 30G Corner Tank.

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Hmm .. okies ..

Yea .. i think i will b switching off my skimmer soon .. but will turn it on for a while to clear off all de surface dirt .. as the only surface skimmer in my tank is at the intake to teh skimmer ..

Thanks for the info. Was a little confused earlier on.

:thanks: bro!

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bro Tanga : I m currently using canistor .. yea .. its running 24/7.

bro wil_lee76 : John at aqua marine offered to do the water test for me after 3 weeks. He asked me to bring a sample of the tank water down in 3 weeks n he will do the testing for me .. Really nice guy!

Currently i hav the on glass ammonia alert thing so i can see when the ammonia spike comes, at least i know the tank is in the process of cycling.

Hav to agree that using a fish to test if the water is ready is TOTALLY WRONG! It juz doesnt do the fish any justice at all.

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Hmm .. yea .. was thinking of using 1 month .. but since aquamarine offered to d a test after 3 weeks, i will see how it goes .. currently in its 5th day.

:thanks: guys!

:lol: coolz...rem, be good boy hor, be really really patiences... :D

And it best to get a basic set of test kit at home...:D

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Hmm .. yea .. was thinking of using 1 month .. but since aquamarine offered to d a test after 3 weeks, i will see how it goes .. currently in its 5th day.

:thanks: guys!

its only the beginning of the wait n wait n wait n wait .. dont rush into it.......... even making baby also not so easy

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Firestartz: Now I know where u got your "Be Patience" advice from, lol.

But something very funny happen to my tank. I don't think it is cycling normally as the ammonia hike and nitrite hike just passed by so quickly. I will start a new thread to find out why... link down at my signature.

Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica

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Hmm .. personally i think it shldnt b a problem cos ur rocks r taken from a fellow reefer n should alrdy b hosting these bacteria n thus resulting in the ammonia n nitrite hike to pass quickly.

YEa .. but if ur worried its always good to leave it alone for a week or less more n see how it turns out to b .. b4 adding LS.

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That's what I thought, thanks!

Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica

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personally, let u tank cycle even the period is over...just make sure (Kiasu) a bit more....go for few weeks more after the period...trust me...u will not regret...but just curious, any sump or cannister u using dude? :D

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Nope, just an internal filter. Click on my signature link to learn more about my setup. Yes I will wait 1 - 2 weeks more. Algae is starting to appear on my LR, I desperately need some hardworking cleaning ah-soh. Will make sure I achieve the 3 zeros before I stock.

Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica

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I am thinking of adding some biohome to the back compartments, what you guys think? Will it help with the breaking down of Nitrates? I am having high Nitrates these 2 days.

Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica

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