Dsa 105 update

luis510 · 01/30/2014, 03:30 PM

So I finally go water in this baby and rocks are setup, kinda. I only need to throw the sand in tank which I will do later today and hopefully start cycling it. Speaking of cycling my tank all the rock in there is dry rock, there nothing to die off. Do I just throw a shrimp in the tank? I also heard of putting live bacteria they sell in bottles?

While tank is cycling do I leave skimmer on and throw in the cheto algea. Or should I hold off on both?

Sorry for all the questions guys.

maddmaxx · 01/30/2014, 05:08 PM

all i would do to start the cycle would be ghost feed the tank. maybe for 2 or 3 days, drop some flake food in there and that will start the cycle. thats how ive always done my tanks...

you can leave the skimmer on, it will break-in while the tank is cycling...

i would wait till week 2 or 3 for the chaeto. once your algae bloom and diatoms start dying off, the chaeto would grab the nutrients out of the water...

luis510 · 01/30/2014, 10:02 PM

Thanx maddmaxx!

01/30/2014, 05:08 PM	#2
maddmaxx Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 3,003	all i would do to start the cycle would be ghost feed the tank. maybe for 2 or 3 days, drop some flake food in there and that will start the cycle. thats how ive always done my tanks... you can leave the skimmer on, it will break-in while the tank is cycling... i would wait till week 2 or 3 for the chaeto. once your algae bloom and diatoms start dying off, the chaeto would grab the nutrients out of the water... __________________ One Life One Shot Current Tank Info: 40B Mixed reef

01/30/2014, 10:02 PM	#3
luis510 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 22	Thanx maddmaxx!