How do I start to cycle my tank?

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I have a 29 gallon aquarium with 1 inch deep sand bed and 24 lbs of holy rock in it. I dont know how to start cycling it.

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Buy a shrimp from the seafood dept. and float it in your tank and let it decay. That will cause your tank to cycle and you wont have a damsel to deal with later. Lol


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I used an old filter sock so the shrimp doesnt float away


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So just one from the grocery store or fish store

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Grocery. No reason to buy a live critter for this


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So I can't use it?

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So I can't use it?

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That is highly debatable. You can use it as long as you have some reef grade rock with it as mentioned above. It doesn't hold bacteria so you will need something that does. I know my LFS uses some in their tanks as a Ph buffer. Whether it actually works or not I'm not sure.
 
Do I have to have reef fovk in it. I was just gonna do fish only

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*rock

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*rock

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Yes you do. It doens't necessarily have to be "reef rock". It needs to be able to support bacteria though. Try marcorocks.com or ebay. You should be able to get "dry reef rock" for quite cheap.
 
I spent 75$ and on a tight budget. How much do need? Can I just have some reef rock rubble?

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I can try

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I have leds that came with tank. Will that work?

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What about the rock. Is yhat all I need?

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Ok thanks

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