I think I'm cycled ?

My 90 gallon tank upgrade has been cycling for exactly three weeks on Saturday. After an initial ammonia spike, my ammonia and nitrite levels have dropped to 0 ppm and I have an algae bloom in my sump. I think my tank has officially cycled.

My nitrate is at 10 ppm, I plan on doing my first water change and then I am adding a CUC. How much longer should I wait before transferring the fish and coral from my 29G BioCube?

PS: Should I add a few pinches of fish food to keep the bacteria happy.

 

Add the food if you are not going to move any fish. I think you could move 1 fish a week. Start with the least aggressive fish first and work up to the most aggressive. Add the coral after all of the fish have been added and you have your parameters steady.

 

I only have three, two clown and a yellow watchman goby, and they all get along. Of course my peppermint shrimp and goby hang out together so I probably should move them together.

 

cjrudy
do you have any space left in the 90?
because IMO, if you transfer some or all the rock from the 29, into the 90
and a cup full of sand
you could probably add those 3 fish at the same time

it basically becomes a transfer / upgrade

Steve

 

I re-did all the rock work, so I only added a few pieces during the cycle and I only plan on adding a few more small pieces with coral established on them.

 

Nice rock work

I agree with Steve on moving your rocks from the 29 to the 90 and moving everything else at the same time.

 

agreed rock work looks great ;D

maby the hardyest fishies first followed by the more senstive ones over the course of about 2 weeks and test regurally to see if there is any spikes.

 

Just ordered my clean up crew from John at Reefcleaners.

 

Congrats on the finished cycle! Just keep an eye on the parameter of the both 29 and 90, especially salinity and pH, keep them as close as possible, then I think you're good to go!

 

Sweet, what did you get? I was just on his site the other day, and couldnt figure out his shipping charges. I plan on ordering from him when my tank is cycled. Congrats on the 90, like the scape.