Originally Posted by Staci
OK so If I use a piece of lr and a scoop of ls and 3/4 of the water from my tank to set up a qt..how long do you think it might take for it to cycle or will there even be a cycle? I would like to get it up and going for my fish.. my blue hippo has ich...the refractometer should be here wed..
It will still cycle. Use a piece of rock with barely any coraline or growth on it at all. You cannot normaly hypo rock because any life on it, besides bacteria, will die but a piece without much life on it will benefit your tank. Use a few cups of sand. You will have to be on top of water changes.
