water cycling

[bluspoon]

hey bros

just set up my 2ft tank with liverock and saltwater from tropic marine salt

using a hang on Eheim liberty and a macro aqua protein skimmer

currently cycling my tank with the ocean free super bacteria 8000 and sugar dosing

i was told to dose sugar untill slowly increasin untill bacteria bloom then half the sugar amount and dose daily with bacteria

any comments on that ?

my tank's a bare bed tank so have these rock pieces lying around the floor do i need to clear those ?

do i have to do water changes during these period of cycling the water ?

thanks for advice

image is tank as of yest, 1 day after blooming with bacteria and sugar dosing

[dumdum]

leave the rocks in your tank when tank cycling.

maybe turn off your skimmer as well.

[beebeefl]

YOUR TANK IS ON THE FLOOR

M I SEEING THINGS CORRECTLY

LOL

[bugattilambo]

hey bros

just set up my 2ft tank with liverock and saltwater from tropic marine salt

using a hang on Eheim liberty and a macro aqua protein skimmer

currently cycling my tank with the ocean free super bacteria 8000 and sugar dosing

i was told to dose sugar untill slowly increasin untill bacteria bloom then half the sugar amount and dose daily with bacteria

any comments on that ?

my tank's a bare bed tank so have these rock pieces lying around the floor do i need to clear those ?

do i have to do water changes during these period of cycling the water ?

thanks for advice

image is tank as of yest, 1 day after blooming with bacteria and sugar dosing

I dont understand the sugar part???? :whistle

[albinosage]

I dont understand the sugar part???? :whistle

I heard about dosing sugar to lower nitrates, but this is new to me too

[bluspoon]

yeah its on the floor

the sugar part to decrease nitrate lvl