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Thanks - that makes good sense to me now. The nitrates are about 80 or so as of last night. Ammonia still zero. Should I do water changes like I normally would. Or do you think the nitrates will drop on there on in due time ?

Thanks I will test away over the next couple of weeks and see what I get. I may get a piece of filter from the sump in 65gal that has been up and running for about 5-6 years and put it in the back of the biocube. I read somewhere that if you do that it can help build good bacteria during the cycle.

Thanks Spanko. I know patience is the key. There are about 3 tiny crabs and one snail that were hitchhikers from the sand or lr not sure which. Hopefully they will live thru any cycle. Thanks again for info. One other question - how does PH generally react with the cycle. I know the PH on this...

Here is an excerpt from an article on the internet. This 14 gla biocube is registering nitrates at about 60-70. I am out of ammonia test kit and will go get one. But if nitrates are already registering this makes me think the cycle is already starting according to the info below. Am I looking at...

My understanding is that when you first set up a tank that the water must "cycle" first before adding livestock and such. Someone told me that if you have water from an established tank that is already "cycled" that this would not be necessary. I bought a used tank and equipment and put in sand...

I think I found it. It was not called bridal veil some other name. But the pics on the package show bride's veils being made. I think this stuff will work

This is a used tank and since it has been up and running I am confues as to whether or not this has been established. One of the prior posters said that this process took place on hard tank surfaces notr necessarily watyer column - so now I am more confused

Did it say "bridal veil" on it. Or was it under another name ? Was it in craft section ?

Should I do anything to assist the cycle, maybe leave a raw shrimp in bottom or something ?!! The only things in the tank other than lr and sand is about 3 little crabs and snails that were evidentally hitchhikers.

Thanks- I would have thought in our local "Super" walmart I could find it. I will hunt elsewhere thanks again

Thanks Spanko. It has been years since I went through the beginning stages of cycling. I will be patient

Thanks Spanko. Will I actually be able to see th coral "take the food in" ? Or do I just trust it happens

I have sand from the same display tank from LFS. I bought 7-8 lbs of live rock. I figured since the water from DT had already cycled that I would not need to wait on cycle. Am I wrong ? I have noticed some brown alage growing on back of tank.

Some things I have seen say you can feed frogspawn or other corals brine shrimp periodically. How do you do this ? I sometimes feed my fish frozen brine shrimp. Will the corals that eat this just grab them from water column or is there a more direct method ? help... ?

I bought a nanocube this weekend. I used water from a display tank my LFS was taking down for remodeling. The water test OK for trates, trites, ammonia, but PH is still low ! Will this tank cycle ? Should I do something to raise PH? Water change ? I am anxious to get something in DT - fish...

Does anyone know where you buy bridal veil ? I went to Walmart's craft section but did not see anything called "bridal veil" I saw some other stuff that looked like it might work but it wasn't called that. Is it also known by another name ? help......

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I have had a maroon for 4 years in my 65galno problems - he has grown some but not outgrown the tank by any stretch just fyi

Oh yeh, I forgot to mention, I don't know if it matters or not, but the tank was about 4-5 months old and had been up and running. There is a good presence of coralline algae on the back of tank

I assumed there would not be a cycle. Should I test and look for one before I add any live stuff ? he probably will have 2 or 3 really small fish. Maybe 2 percula and a goby, something like that. He is already buggin me about fraggin some of my stuff to give him,lol !