rudedog wrote:

Can you tell me if I
used fresh ocean water for the entire 55 gallons, would I have to cycle
my tank???

Yes. The water doesn't contain much in the way of nitrifying bacteria -- they
generally live in the substrate, live rock, or in something like a wet/dry filter.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.