Cycling

[Tate]

I'm going to cycle my 90 gal fowlr tank soon with a shrimp from the store and how do this? Just put it in and run it and wait for the spike? When should that happen?

 

[fishybuisness]

I would get a stocking and tie it in there to make for easy removal but you got it just throw it in and let it rot

 

[Tate]

Haha sounds easy

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[fishybuisness]

Haha very! Just leave it and test in a few days for ammonia and nitrites/trates are you using live sand and live rock?

 

[Tate]

Live sand dead rock

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[Tate]

Just put In the shrimp for the cycle. Hoping this will be a fast one

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[fishybuisness]

Don't hold your breath! It will take a while to seed all that rock..assuming you have a proportionate amount to your tank size..but hey my bio cube took 4 days..I've still to this day never seen nitrites in it

 

[Tate]

Dang lucky haha

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[melosu58]

We have an excellent article about it in our sw articles section.

 

[marine man]

use atm's colony

 

[fishybuisness]

You could try to kick start the cycle and speed it along by using a cycling agent available in any pet store..although it's a very very long debate on how good or if they work..I personally have had luck with them in my FW tank..I forget which I. Used though..

 

[Tate]

Should I have my lights on when cycling or no

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[fishybuisness]

Keep them off it will help keep the algae from growing

 

[fishybuisness]

Oh another trick is to crank your heater up..bacteria breed better and faster in warmer environments...when I cycle my tanks I crank my heater to about 85-86

 

[Tate]

I cranked up my heater and took my lights off

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[Tate]

When should I start to see ammonia appear in the tests with fishless cycle using shrimp

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[Tate]

And if I threw in a rock from another established tank into mine for a few hours would that help he bb

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[Tate]

Or put in a piece of live rock from the LFS would that help speed it up?

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[fishybuisness]

You could buy a few pieces that might help but not if you just placed it in there for a few hours ammonia will probly show up in a few days. You could also add pure ammonia to get it going.. You just have to be patient it's not going to happen over night most cycles take at least 4-6 weejs

 

[Tate]

How long until I start seeing ammonia from the shrimp

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