"george" wrote in message
news:qxWkd.30420$5K2.5937@attbi_s03...


If you just set the tank up a week ago and used tap water, you haven't let
the
tank cycle long enough. You should wait for at least 21 days to let the
nitrogen cycle go to completion before adding anything. Someone else here
can
verfiy this, but I wouldn't add LR to a new tank for several months. Keep
the
biowheels in place, since you haven't let the tank cycle long enough. You
need
as much biofiltration as possible at this point. You could check with a
local
sal****er dealer and see if they will part with some seed sand or crushed
gravel
that already has bacteria established. It might help, and it certainly
cannot
hurt. I don't know if adding the LR will help. The ammonia is high,and
the
nitrite will pick up soon, and could kill the live rock, or anything else
you
put in the tank. Oh, and chances are your tap water has lots of nutrients
in it
that you don't want. You should ideally use DI/RO water, or at least
distilled
water.

The LR I added was cured. I thought that the best time to add it was now
(before I added life to the tank). I know there will be die off, but should
I have waited? I have read so many different answers to this that I don't
know which road to choose.