Impact of carbon use during cycle

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midiman

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Although I have no reason to think that it would, I'd just like to ask experienced folks if the use of carbon during the cycle will prolong the cycling period. I needed to use it to kill the smell of the two corpses in my tank (jumbo shrimp), which it did remarkably well (at least for now).

The smell was a bit of a nuisance, considering that the tank is about 18 inches from where I am sitting right now.

Thanks for any light you may shed on this.

BTW - I'm in day 5 of the cycle with elevated temp and rotting shrimp flesh, and I think I'm JUST seeing nitrites. I don't know how it's possible for people on this and other boards to report completing an entire cycle in 1 week. Oh, well.....I'll just have to be patient. :)
 
Thanks. How about the use of chemicals such as Prime, which purport to eliminate the toxicity of the Big 3 without impacting the cycle?

(I have no reason to use it, because there's no macro life in there yet. Just want to be as well-informed as possible.)
 
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