Alvarez
Aquarium Advice Activist
I am starting my 1st cycle.. I have 2 pieces of LR in the tank so far and was going to add more. I was told for the 1st cycle it didn't matter how much LR I had in there the "Die off" would cycle the tank nicely. Some say just add base rock and some say add non cured and some say add cured. Does it matter?
I was going to add some more LR and then add the sand. Should I go with Cured or non Cured or would I be better off waiting on the LR for now? I don't want the 1st cycle to kill everything in the LR. I understand the 1st cycle there is a strong ammonia spike which then turns to nitrites. However I am not understanding if the "die off" is the organisms in the rock dying? Do you need to add more LR after the 1st cycle to "re-seed"? I am confused on this part.
I was going to add some more LR and then add the sand. Should I go with Cured or non Cured or would I be better off waiting on the LR for now? I don't want the 1st cycle to kill everything in the LR. I understand the 1st cycle there is a strong ammonia spike which then turns to nitrites. However I am not understanding if the "die off" is the organisms in the rock dying? Do you need to add more LR after the 1st cycle to "re-seed"? I am confused on this part.