NightSpirit
Aquarium Advice Activist
I'm setting up a 100gallon saltwater tank with a
aqua c protein skimmer and eheim 2017 filter.
I've decided to go with live rock and possibly a DSB.
1. Does liverock accelerate unwated algae growth?
Its odd because in my QT without liverock I never
had algae problems, but in my tank with the "bad" lr
it was rampant.
The next set of questions are regarding cycling with
the lr, as I've heard 1000 different ways of doing it.
2. I would be cycling the tank with lr, and while doing
so should I run my protein skimmer and canister filter?
I've heard that canister filters can be a nitrate trap,
so to me it seems reasonable to not use it doing
the initial cycling.
3. I've heard that while cycling with live rock to do
50% water changes per week. With a 100
gallon tank, thats a whole lot of water and time.
Would it be reasonable to do 20% changes
every week?
It seems to me that even doing one
water change during the 1st 4 weeks would
interupt the cycle.
Thanks for your help.
aqua c protein skimmer and eheim 2017 filter.
I've decided to go with live rock and possibly a DSB.
1. Does liverock accelerate unwated algae growth?
Its odd because in my QT without liverock I never
had algae problems, but in my tank with the "bad" lr
it was rampant.
The next set of questions are regarding cycling with
the lr, as I've heard 1000 different ways of doing it.
2. I would be cycling the tank with lr, and while doing
so should I run my protein skimmer and canister filter?
I've heard that canister filters can be a nitrate trap,
so to me it seems reasonable to not use it doing
the initial cycling.
3. I've heard that while cycling with live rock to do
50% water changes per week. With a 100
gallon tank, thats a whole lot of water and time.
Would it be reasonable to do 20% changes
every week?
It seems to me that even doing one
water change during the 1st 4 weeks would
interupt the cycle.
Thanks for your help.