New Nuvo 16 tank help

[Zup]

Hi All,

I have been reading and researching and am ready to pull the trigger and plunge into the Marine world on a new Nuvo 16 AIO tank.

Is anyone in the area willing to help me:

1) Seed my tank with a few cups of live sand to add to my dead sand
2) Sell or give me a good deal on about 16-20lbs of live rock
3) Future time after tank break in some small frags of coral

I live in Skokie.

Thanks!

 

[ILLiDaN]

i have some kenya tree i could hook ya up with post cycle I'm in niles.

 

[Zup]

i have some kenya tree i could hook ya up with post cycle I'm in niles.

Thanks!

Anyone with some live rocks?

 

[DragonWarriorPo]

If u get live rock, that will seed the sand too. Same bacteria.
The best way to cycle your new tank is using dry sand and dry rock to avoid pests.
Then introduce ammonia source (frozen shrimp, or fish food).
Then add bacteria bottle you can buy from marine store online or LFS.
Wait for cycle to finish by testing for ammonia/nitrites/nitrates

 

[melvinakshay]

Bio Spira cycled my tank in less than 4 days

 

[SkullV]

Hi All,

I have been reading and researching and am ready to pull the trigger and plunge into the Marine world on a new Nuvo 16 AIO tank.

Is anyone in the area willing to help me:

1) Seed my tank with a few cups of live sand to add to my dead sand
2) Sell or give me a good deal on about 16-20lbs of live rock
3) Future time after tank break in some small frags of coral

I live in Skokie.

Thanks!

I've got some Green Star Polyps and some Neon Green Implosion Palys for you for free when your tank is ready. Both are super hardy and very fast growing. Can't help you with the other stuff though. My current tank is so small that if I took out a cup of sand that would be like a big chunk of the sand bed!

 

[Zup]

If u get live rock, that will seed the sand too. Same bacteria.
The best way to cycle your new tank is using dry sand and dry rock to avoid pests.
Then introduce ammonia source (frozen shrimp, or fish food).
Then add bacteria bottle you can buy from marine store online or LFS.
Wait for cycle to finish by testing for ammonia/nitrites/nitrates

Using dry rock and sand was my first preference as it's much easier and cheaper. But as I read the forms; I guess it's 50% one-way 50% the other way. It's very confusing which style to use: Dry and seed yourself or some dry and some live. If I get rock or sand from someone's healthy tank...isn't it good to have all kinds of different bacteria's?

 

[DragonWarriorPo]

Using dry rock and sand was my first preference as it's much easier and cheaper. But as I read the forms; I guess it's 50% one-way 50% the other way. It's very confusing which style to use: Dry and seed yourself or some dry and some live. If I get rock or sand from someone's healthy tank...isn't it good to have all kinds of different bacteria's?

it's all nitrifying bacteria. makes no difference. you will everntually introduce stuff in your tank by adding frags/corals from other tanks/fish store. You just want to minimize adding pests (nuisance algae, aptasia, vermetid snails, parasites) by using dry rock/sand. If you are sure the other person's tank is clean of pests then go for it. However, the bacteria in a bottle works just as good.