Personally, I believe this cycling stuff is a lot of hullabaloo. If you
start with any type of sturdy species (trigger, tang, lionfish, damsel) and
add fish slowly, and use charcoal, the tank should be able to age on it's
own. For example, if you have a 75 gallon tank, and you add a tang, a
trigger, and a lionfish and a damsel, and have a good filter, fresh
charcoal, and feed sparingly for the first weeks, you shouldn't have any
excessive spikes. That is just my opinion, and it is what I did in my 92
gallon tank, although I DID use damsels, as that's what I was told was best.
Mike.
"Tom E." wrote in message
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Is this possible? It would seem all I would need is
something biological to drop in the tank. Some people
here have managed to turn me off of using damsels to
cycle, and live rock for a 29 gallon tank would cost
150 dollars. Too damn much for a couple of small
boulders. By the way, I found what has got to be one of
Americas best aquaria stores right here in Phx Arizona
called "Ocean Bottom". They had fish in there that I didn't
even know existed. Mostly fresh water though. They had
thousand gallon tanks in there with ludicrously big fish.
It was better than Sea World:-)
Tom