midiman
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Ahh...the sweet perfume of my shrimp doing its job in my sump on a 4" bed of live sand. I gave the shrimp a three-day head start using clear ammonia. I got my first light pink positive nitrite reading today. It seems like the shrimp is ready and willing to take over the ammonia production job. Time to light the incense in this room for a while!
Depending on how fast this "precycling" process goes, I will be adding live rock this week. I'm using a bio medium as part of the precycling phase, which I will gradually withdraw as the LR becomes dominant. I'll use it to set up a bio filter base in my quarantine tank.
I hope it all works according to plan. I'm going for record cycling time!! I need to have it all past the worst part of the phase in two weeks. I'm buying quality live rock from lr.com, which will be added post-ammonia spike. I hope the plans works...I mean, it can't be any worse than cycling uncured live rock in a new tank, can it?
Depending on how fast this "precycling" process goes, I will be adding live rock this week. I'm using a bio medium as part of the precycling phase, which I will gradually withdraw as the LR becomes dominant. I'll use it to set up a bio filter base in my quarantine tank.
I hope it all works according to plan. I'm going for record cycling time!! I need to have it all past the worst part of the phase in two weeks. I'm buying quality live rock from lr.com, which will be added post-ammonia spike. I hope the plans works...I mean, it can't be any worse than cycling uncured live rock in a new tank, can it?