has anyone used it before? it claims to make a tank fish ready instantly but i don't wanna do that...im using about 30lbs of clean reef saver rock and 6 lbs of dry fiji rock and 40lbs of live sand in a 40gal tank...im thinking just put some pure amonia in the tank and pour the bio spira in...check ammonia after 24 hours if its close to 0 put more in and check again in 24 hours to make sure the bacteria is doing its job...am i on the right track?
im thinking if the bacteria can keep the ammonia i add daily in check for a week im ready to drop a fish in stop putting ammonia in, keep an eye on my water parameters for a couple weeks then add a small cleanup crew then add another fish a couple weeks weeks after the cuc. then just watch my water parameters for a month or so. im thinking thats a pretty legit way to slowly and safely cycle my tank.
id do a big water change before the first fish, 50% or so then just do 15-20% weekly water changes. if everything is good and steady after another month id add another fish so now id have 3 fish and a small clean up crew then don't add anything for a couple months..if everything is still all good id start adding some beginner corals and dosing a tiny bit of kalkwasser in my ato keeping an eye on my ca and alk and see how much is being used up so i know exactly how much i need to dose
from everything i been reading this seems pretty conservative but at the same time so much conflicting info out there im only about 80% confident this is legit haha
im thinking if the bacteria can keep the ammonia i add daily in check for a week im ready to drop a fish in stop putting ammonia in, keep an eye on my water parameters for a couple weeks then add a small cleanup crew then add another fish a couple weeks weeks after the cuc. then just watch my water parameters for a month or so. im thinking thats a pretty legit way to slowly and safely cycle my tank.
id do a big water change before the first fish, 50% or so then just do 15-20% weekly water changes. if everything is good and steady after another month id add another fish so now id have 3 fish and a small clean up crew then don't add anything for a couple months..if everything is still all good id start adding some beginner corals and dosing a tiny bit of kalkwasser in my ato keeping an eye on my ca and alk and see how much is being used up so i know exactly how much i need to dose
from everything i been reading this seems pretty conservative but at the same time so much conflicting info out there im only about 80% confident this is legit haha