I plan on setting up a new tank in a few months, and wanted to go ahead and begin cycling my rock. I have a large cooler that it would all fit in, can I just put the rock in there with a circulating pump and a raw shrimp and let it go? I live in Florida so would it be too hot to let sit outside? I realize that warm water holds less oxygen, but maybe place an aerator in the tank as well to ensure the growth of beneficial bacteria? Thanks for your help!
Cycling Rock
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briankmarsh1980
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yes,
just throw a powerehead or 2 in there and let it go....
if it were me I would do it inside as to not have a ton of evap.. and I would skip the shrimp.
but really your new tank will have to cycle anyway so why not just cycle the whole set up at once?
just throw a powerehead or 2 in there and let it go....
if it were me I would do it inside as to not have a ton of evap.. and I would skip the shrimp.
but really your new tank will have to cycle anyway so why not just cycle the whole set up at once?
I also agree on skipping the shrimp.
I personally had a bad experience with the shrimp. I put a cocktail shrimp in the beginning of my nitrogen cycle and that made the ammonia off the charts. If I were to ever build another system, I would use dry rock, and only about 5 lbs of live rock to seed it and just wait it out.
