ramirezjrj
New member
I'm new to the hobby and want to make sure I'm cycling my tank correctly. A friend gave me about 100 lbs of rock that he had from his saltwater tank. He closed down his tank because he was moving and the rock had been in a bin for 6 months. I got the rock and had it cycling in a large covered trash can for 7 weeks. I saw the spike in ammonia and nitrate by the second week and by the sixth week the levels were down to zero. I finally got my 90 gallon tank set up and running with fresh saltwater. I transferred the rock from the trash can to the tank and have been checking the chemicals every day for the last 7 days. The ammonia and nitrate levels remain at zero. Is it safe to think my tank is ready for a couple of fish or should I wait for a few more weeks?