Need help with starting the cycle

[Joshinator]

I own a 55 gallon tank and currently have 50 lbs of dry rock and 2 lbs of live rock. I was wondering if the live rock is enough to cycle (I'm thinking it's not) or if I should add something else to get it going? Help would be much appreciated.

 

[Joshinator]

i'll try to get a pic of my tank up

 

[Tkey3425]

Add an ammonia source and the cycle will start. Anything like a raw cocktail or table shrimp left in there for a few days or put a few drops of pure ammonia until you get to 4ppm on your test kit and let it process it then do it again a few times. When your ammonia can go from 4ppm to 0ppm and your nitrite drops to zero within 24hours you're ready for fish. Make sure it's pure ammonia though

 

[Joshinator]

Add an ammonia source and the cycle will start. Anything like a raw cocktail or table shrimp left in there for a few days or put a few drops of pure ammonia until you get to 4ppm on your test kit and let it process it then do it again a few times. When your ammonia can go from 4ppm to 0ppm and your nitrite drops to zero within 24hours you're ready for fish. Make sure it's pure ammonia though

Thank you

 

[melosu58]

We have an excellent article about this in our SW articles section.