Should I Worry About Temp During Cycling
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maeistero
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temp control is a want. also is light if you have any lr. salinity, and basically everything. i'd just keep testing and some levels are bound to jump and come back. let it go through it's natural cycle for a loooong wait.... and it'll come back. i'd keep light, temp and salinity constant and not worry about the rest until you've cycled. i'm cycling now, and i still test everything else just to know what i'm going to have to deal with in the opening stages of this tank. it seems easier to do it now while the tank is cycling, but it's throwing other tests off. :notsure:
euphoria
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Yeah I'll be cycling w/ LR and LS. So I guess I have to buy a heater and lights as soon as possible. I do have two heaters, but they are on my current 60 gallon tank. I was hoping to use them on the 180 that's being setup now, but I guess I have to go buy a new heater or two.
Lights are a tough one. I still haven't decided which MH lights/ballasts to go w/
Lights are a tough one. I still haven't decided which MH lights/ballasts to go w/
mikeyjer
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Originally Posted by EUPHORIA
Yeah I'll be cycling w/ LR and LS. So I guess I have to buy a heater and lights as soon as possible. I do have two heaters, but they are on my current 60 gallon tank. I was hoping to use them on the 180 that's being setup now, but I guess I have to go buy a new heater or two.
Lights are a tough one. I still haven't decided which MH lights/ballasts to go w/
Regular tank lighting is just fine for temporary solution. You don't really need lighting to cycle your tank, matter of fact, you need to keep the lighting low during this time, like only have it on for a couple of hours per day. That way you won't have algae growing everywhere. You need to test for ammonia during this time, if it gets wayyy too high, you need to do a partial water change to bring the level down, too high of ammonia can kill stuffs that's on your live rock. Salinity should be check to be sure your in the correct level. Everything else you don't really need to check at this moment. Heater is needed during cycling too to keep your temperture in check. Good Luck! :happyfish
Yeah I'll be cycling w/ LR and LS. So I guess I have to buy a heater and lights as soon as possible. I do have two heaters, but they are on my current 60 gallon tank. I was hoping to use them on the 180 that's being setup now, but I guess I have to go buy a new heater or two.
Lights are a tough one. I still haven't decided which MH lights/ballasts to go w/
Regular tank lighting is just fine for temporary solution. You don't really need lighting to cycle your tank, matter of fact, you need to keep the lighting low during this time, like only have it on for a couple of hours per day. That way you won't have algae growing everywhere. You need to test for ammonia during this time, if it gets wayyy too high, you need to do a partial water change to bring the level down, too high of ammonia can kill stuffs that's on your live rock. Salinity should be check to be sure your in the correct level. Everything else you don't really need to check at this moment. Heater is needed during cycling too to keep your temperture in check. Good Luck! :happyfish
