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  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Stratoquarius said:
It will take you anywhere from 2-5 weeks to mature the tank. it's different for everyone. My guess for that tank would be about 2 weeks, but you need to keep checking the water with tests to know when the tank is fully cycled. If you can get your hands on a few buckets of mature water from an established marine tank then you can knock the time down to a week maybe less. same goes for a handfull of established gravel.
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This is HORRIBLY wrong! - It takes years for a tank to fully mature. Cycling takes 4 - 10 weeks maybe quicker if your lucky enuff to have no die back on aquacultered and cured LR. B+B does not live in the water column, it lives in the Rock and under the sand. adding old water only increses Nitrates, old sand that is disturbed is yet another Nitrate bomb , don't use gravel in a marine enviorment - best to start fresh and new.
 
Itsadeepbluesea said:
That wasn't very nice :irked: Oscaroo ask as many questions as you want/need, that is how you learn. :)
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+1 we're supposed to be here to help each other.

A good start would be to hunt down the thread titled "help me help friend." it's got a good list of the basic steps of starting a new SW tank. Start there and then open another questions thread.


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Otherone said:
This is HORRIBLY wrong! - It takes years for a tank to fully mature. Cycling takes 4 - 10 weeks maybe quicker if your lucky enuff to have no die back on aquacultered and cured LR. B+B does not live in the water column, it lives in the Rock and under the sand. adding old water only increses Nitrates, old sand that is disturbed is yet another Nitrate bomb , don't use gravel in a marine enviorment - best to start fresh and new.
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I only say this because it has worked for me in the past. I moved lots of water from my reef tank, and some gravel into a 90gal that was previously freshwater, and converted it into a fish only aquarium. only took a week to cycle. I did all the tests and the tank was fine, the fish lived in there happily until a freak accident. I have read many people doing this online, especially with smaller tanks. as I said up there it will speed up the process if most of the water in the tank is from an established aquarium and the addition of the sand would mature the system much faster than normal.


also, its one of those things you had to be there to get. Oscaroo is annoying as hell you all just don't know it yet.
 
Stratoquarius said:
I only say this because it has worked for me in the past. I moved lots of water from my reef tank, and some gravel into a 90gal that was previously freshwater, and converted it into a fish only aquarium. only took a week to cycle. I did all the tests and the tank was fine, the fish lived in there happily until a freak accident. I have read many people doing this online, especially with smaller tanks. as I said up there it will speed up the process if most of the water in the tank is from an established aquarium and the addition of the sand would mature the system much faster than normal.


also, its one of those things you had to be there to get. Oscaroo is annoying as hell you all just don't know it yet.
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Sorry If I was offense was early in the mornin' - however I do admit I find myself questioning alot of the more recent cycling produres and advice as this is not the only reef forum I frequent and alot of this instant cycling goes against most advice and experience I've both seen or read.

Aerobic and most especially Anerobic bacteria do not live in the water column. Aerobic bacteria lives in an oxygen rich enviorment and grows very quickly. The anerobic bacteria lives in an oxygen deficiant enviorment and takes years to develop. The anerobic stuff converts Nitrate to hamless nitrogen gas. If You or Whom ever believes a tank is matured when Nitrite and ammonia disappear or read zero and that is "cycled" than yes I can see it takng just a few short weeks or less. I however believe a tank is matured when Nitrates are Zero - to me this a fully cycled tank. If we are changing water frequently, using chem pure or purgiun, vodka, sugar or anything to remove Nitrate including, algae, diatoms, cyanobacteria then we are still waiting on anerobic growth.
 
Stratoquarius said:
I only say this because it has worked for me in the past. I moved lots of water from my reef tank, and some gravel into a 90gal that was previously freshwater, and converted it into a fish only aquarium. only took a week to cycle. I did all the tests and the tank was fine, the fish lived in there happily until a freak accident. I have read many people doing this online, especially with smaller tanks. as I said up there it will speed up the process if most of the water in the tank is from an established aquarium and the addition of the sand would mature the system much faster than normal.


also, its one of those things you had to be there to get. Oscaroo is annoying as hell you all just don't know it yet.
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I don't even post that much. I am not annoying anymore!!!!!!
 
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