New Biocube 16 setup and cycle?

Reefrus2003 · 07/07/2017, 07:15 PM

I just set up a Coralife Biocube 16. I used 5 lbs of live sand out of a well established 18 year old tank, and took 10 gallons of the water out of the same tank. "Water Change day". My question is how much of a cycle will the bio go thru if any. I also seeded the foam filter for it in the 18 year old tank.
Thanks for any input.

Ejb · 07/07/2017, 07:36 PM

My 16g took 30 days, not sure how long it will take with established sand and rock though. Had my lights off the whole time and I used 20 lbs of dry rock from an old 75g tank I had along with live sand to seed

JustinM · 07/07/2017, 08:55 PM

Very minimal but probably no cycle

Reefrus2003 · 07/07/2017, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by theshocker

Very minimal but probably no cycle

Kind of what I was thinking also, will run a water test tomorrow just to be sure before stocking anything.

07/07/2017, 07:15 PM	#1
Reefrus2003 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 260	New Biocube 16 setup and cycle? I just set up a Coralife Biocube 16. I used 5 lbs of live sand out of a well established 18 year old tank, and took 10 gallons of the water out of the same tank. "Water Change day". My question is how much of a cycle will the bio go thru if any. I also seeded the foam filter for it in the 18 year old tank. Thanks for any input.

07/07/2017, 07:36 PM	#2
Ejb Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 177	My 16g took 30 days, not sure how long it will take with established sand and rock though. Had my lights off the whole time and I used 20 lbs of dry rock from an old 75g tank I had along with live sand to seed

07/07/2017, 08:55 PM	#3
JustinM Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,215	Very minimal but probably no cycle