jbadd99
Aquarium Advice Regular
Alright,
For those that are not familiar, my wife and I are about to begin setup of a new 120 g SW tank. We're aquiring parts as we go so they can be paid for with cash.
I've been pricing LR and it seems pretty expensive, but it seems the way to go. Ideally, I'd like to purchase a bulk amount of base rock with about 50-75 lbs of so of LR to help seed the base rock. This still leaves about 175 lbs worth of base rock with no filtering properties.
Since we're not at the point of adding livestock for a while, I was thinking of just cycling the rock and letting it seed itself.
I've search through the forum, but couldn't find a clear answer on how long this might take.
Does anyone know?
What would I need to do to keep the bacteria happy until I decide to add livestock? (This might be as long as 4-5 months from now)
Is there any way to speed up the spread from the LR to the base rock?
How do I know it's finished spreading?
For those that are not familiar, my wife and I are about to begin setup of a new 120 g SW tank. We're aquiring parts as we go so they can be paid for with cash.
I've been pricing LR and it seems pretty expensive, but it seems the way to go. Ideally, I'd like to purchase a bulk amount of base rock with about 50-75 lbs of so of LR to help seed the base rock. This still leaves about 175 lbs worth of base rock with no filtering properties.
Since we're not at the point of adding livestock for a while, I was thinking of just cycling the rock and letting it seed itself.
I've search through the forum, but couldn't find a clear answer on how long this might take.
Does anyone know?
What would I need to do to keep the bacteria happy until I decide to add livestock? (This might be as long as 4-5 months from now)
Is there any way to speed up the spread from the LR to the base rock?
How do I know it's finished spreading?