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will my tank cycle

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Topic: will my tank cycle
Posted By: shawn0999
Subject: will my tank cycle
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 7:57pm
Ok so I had a problem with my 30 gallon tank so I am setting up my 15 again I have 17 lbs tonga rock and 30 pounds of live sand from petsmart my friend gave me a cup of he sand as well how long will my cycle take the rock came out of a established tank any imput



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Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 8:34pm
it highly likely cycle will you run a sump? you can throw in some macro algae to speed up the process. live sand from a bag is highly unlikely to have anything alive.


Posted By: shawn0999
Date Posted: November 19 2010 at 9:09pm
I also got like 3 or 4 cups of live sand from my friends reef to help


Posted By: vadryn
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 6:19am
Remember the quote, "Only bad things happen fast" in reef keeping.  It's save you money and headaches.


Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 6:44am
The more of each of the four live components a tank starts with, the less a "cycle" will even show.
Do you know which live component is the easiest to add more of to practically eliminate the "cycle"?
Hint: SGH360 gave the answer.
If this does not sound familiar to you, read the thread linked in my signature line.


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Posted By: shawn0999
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 1:40pm
Ok will do thanks again



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