cycling a saltwater

[tony414]

reefscape that was awsome breakdown!!!!
my advise it to let the tank go through its cycle and let nature takes it coarse.
basically what ever works for you do,because if you go to 5 fish stores and ask the same question you are going to get 5 different answers.
i just set up my 360g tank and i put 350lbs of lr,500 lbs of ls and now i am let the tank run for 3-4 weeks and wait until everything is straight.this way i dont spend extra money on fish that die,worring about what the parameters are everyday,...etc...
best of luck on what you decide to do.
-tony

 

[Reefscape]

reefscape that was awsome breakdown!!!!
my advise it to let the tank go through its cycle and let nature takes it coarse.
basically what ever works for you do,because if you go to 5 fish stores and ask the same question you are going to get 5 different answers.
i just set up my 360g tank and i put 350lbs of lr,500 lbs of ls and now i am let the tank run for 3-4 weeks and wait until everything is straight.this way i dont spend extra money on fish that die,worring about what the parameters are everyday,...etc...
best of luck on what you decide to do.
-tony

Thank you Tony....I think it helps sometimes to break it all down, rather than skirt around a discussion point....

 

[Deano1956]

I cycled with the damsels on both of my tanks (fish only) the damsels lived fine and some got eaton by my lionfish and some are still alive, both tanks are fine. The hard part is always waiting and looking at an empty tank. I have heard about the pure amonia method and am going to do that when I get a larger tank, is there a formula for drops per gallon that some one has come up with? A LFS told me just buy some live rock and you can start adding fish after 24 hrs not so they just want the quick sale, not all but some.

 

[bigmarj]

I am cycling a 75 gal. saltwater tank,with live sand and live rock.This is my first salt water tank.When it is finished cycling,what do i put in first, clean up crew or clown fish?

 

[Reefscape]

Once its cycled, you could happily get a cleanup crew and a clownfish in at the same time..the cleanup crew wont really produce any noticable ammonia, so, i dont see anything to worry about...