Hey Daniel:

I got lucky and caught a guy at the LFS that knew his stuff. He told me to
put in the uncured live rock and lights out for a month. I followed his
advice (with a little cheating of course (how can you not want to see what's
going on on/in the rock)) and within a month the NH3 and NO2 were at 0 and
NO3 was at an acceptable level. Not quite 0 but around 10ppm. It's 0 now.

The first animals I put in the new tank were the cleaners. I bought a medium
sized crew which included emerald crabs, snails, hermit crabs, and a serpent
star. They do a great job keeping the algae and other unwanted growth at
bay. By 6 weeks in I added the first two fish (read my post on those
goddamned Damselfish!!). We all buy a couple of cheapy Damsels to cycle the
tank and then we can't get rid of them and believe me you will want to get
rid of them.

Anyway have fun and post pics of your tank in the alt.binaries.aquaria
group!



"Daniel" wrote in message
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I thought as much...

The shop guy said tank should be ready (cycled) in 10 to 14 days but
from what I've read he's being VERY optamistic... I'm in no rush...
The aim is stability and perfection NOT beauty at a price....

Another question then... Do I need to have the lights on in the tank
while I cycle...?

Thanks for the heads up...

Dan

(Daniel) wrote in message
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Hi all!

I am getting my tank (40 uk gal)this weekend and will be setting it
up... My local Marine shop has advised setting it up with 25k uncured
live rock to bring the tank up to cycling quicker. My question is will
I also need to add a couple of fish to add a bio load as well? The
shop guy was not clear on this...


Thanks for your help...

Dan