Originally Posted by
Vsandme
When you have LiveRock the lights will help alot in the cycling, i believe it helps the bacteria grow quicker. I hear alot about cycling tanks but to be honest ive never cycled for more than a day, and in over 100's of fish ive owned, fresh and salt, ive only had 1 die, most i traded in when i started my saltwater. Live rock and the lights are mucho important, within the first few days after the liverock id reccomend some damsels, the cheap ones..they help with the cycling and are hard to kill even in a new tank
ok never cycle with damsels.. imo its mean
cycling shlud last from 3-6 weeks,
make sure you trn your lunar lights on everynight WHEN you buy and have fish in there.. i put one on my tank and my tang is so stressed out tht he wont eat. i turn it off and hes gettign fat and healthy again. he didnt eat the mysis when he was stressed.. onlt the mysis ing ate the frozen mysis
FYI Mysis king is my name fr my clown. hes a fatty lo,