How long will it take?

[adam & jeanne]

I have a 55 gal fish only tank. I was in the middle of my cycle with nitrites peaked. I decided to remove my UGF and added 45 lbs. of dead sand topped with 45 lbs. of live sand from swf.com. Any idea how long it will take my tank to complete cycling and how long it will take for my LSB to become completely live?
Thanks

 

[ocellaris_keeper]

Since your bought LS it's probably all live now anyway. (little critters migrate pretty fast, and since your nitrites have spike I'd guess in another day or two you will have the initial cycle complete. Recommend you wait another week and add a mated pair of clowns:
Oscellaris or percula or Maroons or clarkii.
These fish are great and happy to be a part of your tank.
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