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    Posted: February 06 2011 at 12:11am
Has anyone found an awesome way or product to quickly cycle a new tank. It has 30 pounds of live rock and 20 pounds of live sand. I am willing to wait but would like to cut down the time. Any advice would be great thanks frinds!!
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Adding more live rock will increase your cycle of your tank, and more live sand will help too.
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add macro. keep it lit 24/7....patience is really the key though
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Hiatt right now will cycle it without any spike in ammonia, or nitrite
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Get a cup of sand from ten or more people's tanks Mark Petersons signiture is full of tricks and tips though Good luck and remember when you have purple coraline algae grownig everywhere thst means go or in short purple means go (-;
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you can also use bacterial supplement from petsmart it helps speed up the process
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What's a cycle?Smile
That's what the Reefkeeping Tips thread linked below; Secrets of an Affordable Reef Aquarium is mostly all about. See the link below and don't be afraid to call and come see all the stuff already growing in my recently set up tank.
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Originally posted by Mark Peterson Mark Peterson wrote:

What's a cycle?SmileThat's what the Reefkeeping Tips thread linked below; Secrets of an Affordable Reef Aquarium is mostly all about. See the link below and don't be afraid to call and come see all the stuff already growing in my recently set up tank.


I agree I set up my 75g with all live rock, cleane sand with a cup of live sand, my macro in the main tank and I have had all my windows open shining on the tank as much as possible. I added some button polyps yesterday about 5 days after setup and the kenya tree that was on the live rock to begin with is opening up:)
I added a fish that I plan to get rid of today and she is doing well:)
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