Cycle question

ems101

Member
Hey gang!
First off thanx for all the help on my last post this is kinda new for me and i just want to learn as much as possible.
I have had my tank cycling now for about 2 weeks with sand, 65lbs of mature fiji LR and 6 damsels in my 125G . I've also put in that Stress Zyme bacteria stuff. (i know that might not be the best stuff but its in there now so too late)
Anyways question is. I was talking to my LFS person and he told me my tank might be already cycled.. My Ammonia got as high as 0.25 and not it's back at zero. all others(nitrate and nitrite) did not go up at all. is it possible???
He also told me to overfeed the fish for a week and check my levels and if i did not see a spike in ammonia that my tank is CYCLED!!
let me know ur thoughts..
 

humuhumu

Member
It's possible to set a tank up and never have to wait a day if you have a good source of live rock and sand. I did it myself while I was living in the tropics and never had a problem. I also never had to worry about losing fish or expensive invertabrates because I could just go to the beach and catch more. I no longer have this luxury, so you have to ask yourself if you are willing to risk it?
I would wait until all my prameters were within acceptable ranges before I started to add new animals.
 
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