seeding dead rock

[john miller]

Good LR will look better, so it's nice to have on top. Parts of the rock that are under the sand will start to look like baserock, as the coralline and other algaes die off, so it's a waste of money to bury the nicer rock. IME, it also seeds faster this way. I don't know if amphipods and such are lazy, so they go downhill, or if it's just been fluke experience, but it does seem to work faster in my hands if the seeds are in the upper part of the tank.

Makes sense now, thanks.

 

[C0rp]

Please keep us updated on the Bio-Spira. I'm going to start my cycling in the next few weeks hopefully, and wondered about that product.

I used flake food to build up some ammonia over a few days till it was up to about 3 ppm. At that point I poured in the Bio-Spira. Its been three days since I dumped the bottle in, and the ammonia is nearly undetectable while nitrites are at about 4 ppm. Seeing as my tank was all dry rock with just a few live rock nuggets, I would say it worked really well!

 

[aleonn]

I used flake food to build up some ammonia over a few days till it was up to about 3 ppm. At that point I poured in the Bio-Spira. Its been three days since I dumped the bottle in, and the ammonia is nearly undetectable while nitrites are at about 4 ppm. Seeing as my tank was all dry rock with just a few live rock nuggets, I would say it worked really well!

Nice! :beer:

 

[john miller]

Quick question, could you just use liquid ammonia instead of shrimp? If so what PPM should you take it to?

 

[HanoverFist]

Check out this article. has all the basics of cycling with ammonia and then some good info/experience.

 

[john miller]

Thanks. I currently use it to cycle my freshwater tanks I just wanted to make sure it would be okay for saltwater.