Do i still have to cycle the tank if i use natural ocean water?

peckhead

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ummmmm...... doing hypo in your main tank will absolutely not make you have another cycle, during or after the treatment.
i did hypo on my dt a few months ago, before i switched to reef. all i did was take the rock out and let it sit for 6 weeks in circulated water with a heater. preformed the hypo. and put the rock back in. no cycle.
 

1journeyman

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Originally Posted by MeleeRock
there is always ich present in any tank. The fish can get it if they are stressed out and their ammune system cant fight it. Changing the sand and rock will really not do anything as far as ich goes.

This myth will be the death of me.
Ich is a parasite with a known life cycle. It's not airborne, nor is it magical. Proper QT can 100% prevent introducing it into your tank.
 

1journeyman

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Originally Posted by peckhead
ummmmm...... doing hypo in your main tank will absolutely not make you have another cycle, during or after the treatment.
i did hypo on my dt a few months ago, before i switched to reef. all i did was take the rock out and let it sit for 6 weeks in circulated water with a heater. preformed the hypo. and put the rock back in. no cycle.
That should be correct. If your rock was cared for and ghost fed there should be bacteria on it to prevent cycle.
Coral, you need to keep all of these threads of your together. Right now you are asking questions and getting a lot of advice from folks who haven't gotten all of the picture.
 
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