G Patterson wrote:
(regarding Bio-Spira)
From what I've read, it's a live culture of nitrifying bacteria. Some
people
swear by it. If you use it, you need to provide a source of food for it. If
you
remember the cycle, food turns to urine, which goes to ammonia, which goes
to
nitrites, which goes to nitrates. You could buy a few fish and add the
Bio-Spira
in a day or two as the ammonia level starts to come up, or you could add
food to
the tank just as if there were fish in there. If the ammonia level hasn't
started to rise, the bacteria will die off.

I am cycling with 65 gallons with Cured Live-Rock. Will waste and die-off
from the
Rock itself feed the Bio-Spira bacteria?
Might that then result in having less over-all die-off on the Rock and
preserve more of its critters?
Might that make a gentler cycle?
Even with the stuff I`m planning on being very patient before introducing
fish.
But I thought maybe I could put several hermit crabs in relatively soon if
I`m taking this approach?

Please forgive my newbie naivete---your help continues to be greatly
appreciated.