ball park this cycle

i got around 100# of live rock and 120# of cycled aragonite sand and a 20# bag of bio-active sand to add. 70# of the rock and all of the aragonite sand are coming from an established setup, any ideas on how long till my 125 will be cycled?

~Will.

 

No tank is the same so your guess is as good as mine. It could take 4-8 weeks is my guess. Could be sooner.

 

Yep. Could be later. IMO using "cured", "etablished", blah blah blah does not shorten cycle times. You will still have a fair amount of die-off.

 

prob no less then 4-5 weeks

 

time

Just keep on the testing of it IMO every 3 days or so.

Get everything else set up and working. make sure you'll have what you need when you do start. Its the best time now to think and work on stuff...take advantage of it IMO.

Good luck,
Mike


IMO 2-3 weeks IMO

 

+1 scenario1313...
We know you are excited and want us to tell you it would be done in a couple weeks but all you can do is the correct thing which is to do your testing, keep track of params and give it time to run it's cycle. Don't be in a rush as that is what gets you into trouble in this expensive hobby.

By the way I have been following your threads and you are doing a great job.

 

man i miss freshwater when i could just nab a used filter cartridge or 2 and a handfull of established gravel and be totally done a cycle in 7-10 days. i got an API master test kit today and cant wait to get testing.

thanks for the kind words chris

~Will.

 

It'll be done cycling the day you see diatoms. ;D;D

Good luck, and remember, the snark is always free here at 3reef!