GoldieLocks1
Aquarium Advice Freak
Can I actually buy a snail? If I put seaweed in there...???
My Little Ocean said:So are you putting cured live rock in an uncycled tank? If so your gonna let the rock die? Waste of money I you ask me, looks like you have enough rock to cycle also what media do you have in your filter?
carey said:I think the cycle would be quicker and softer, as in not a solid good strong colonyt of bacteria. In that instance I would think any fish added after a "soft" cycle would cause an ammonia spike, just not sure if it would be signigicant though.
I've cycled my tanks with live rock and adding straight ammonia, dosing to 4ppm or even 8ppm to get a nice strong bacteria base. This is also the time to buy any base rock you may want cause that can cycle as well.
My Little Ocean said:Ahh good good wasn't sure if you would be dosing ammonia or just relying on the die off, I go back to previous statement it's a shame some hitchhikers will die, so if your dosing ammonia does it matter to wait for the live rock to arrive to start cycle?