Tank Journal Archive

mcs · Jun 15, 2014

So i got the water today, filled it up without any mishaps.

Also hooked up all my equipment to see how it is all working, and so far everything is working 100%.

Only the skimmer left to run later down the track.

So now gotta get some seeding rock or filter media, then the long wait for the cycle to complete.

Cheers Mark.

ezza · Jun 15, 2014

OoooOoOoOoOhHHhHh

Vooooooorteeeeech mmmmmmmmm :worship

leodb89 · Jun 16, 2014

mcs said:
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So i got the water today, filled it up without any mishaps.

Also hooked up all my equipment to see how it is all working, and so far everything is working 100%.

Only the skimmer left to run later down the track.

So now gotta get some seeding rock or filter media, then the long wait for the cycle to complete.

Cheers Mark.

You grabbing LR or you gonna do a Zeo 14-Day cycle?

mcs · Jun 17, 2014

leodb89 said:
You grabbing LR or you gonna do a Zeo 14-Day cycle?

Yeah either lr or seeded media, just waiting on the opportunity to grab some.

cheers

leodb89 · Jun 17, 2014

mcs said:
Yeah either lr or seeded media, just waiting on the opportunity to grab some.

cheers

Pick your favourite tank on here and ask that person for some LR from their sump ;)

leodb89 · Jun 17, 2014

Oceanarium have some good kits to start population of some micro fauna, and 100% Reef Safe have some phyto and stuff you can use.

I saw a good take on how to cycle a tank on BRStv they fed the tank daily with as much as they planned to feed to get the bacteria started and used to breaking down how much they planned on feeding

mcs · Jun 17, 2014

leodb89 said:
Oceanarium have some good kits to start population of some micro fauna, and 100% Reef Safe have some phyto and stuff you can use.

I saw a good take on how to cycle a tank on BRStv they fed the tank daily with as much as they planned to feed to get the bacteria started and used to breaking down how much they planned on feeding

Hahaha who wants to donate some LR :P.

You can cycle with anything really, i have heard you can cycle by just throwing a prawn into the tank.

Cheers Mark~

Wrangy · Jun 17, 2014

Yep a raw prawn does wonders for kick starting a cycle :p It's massive in the US and pretty much how they all run their cycles!! It's definitely a great way to start a cycle if you're not starting with LR :)

ezza · Jun 18, 2014

I think I put a prawn in. Hard to remember! Pee in it too!

leodb89 · Jun 18, 2014

ive heard plenty of people Pee'ing in their tanks lmao it made me cry of laughter when i heard thi.

i had a thread in my early days on how to cycle a tank and a guy pm'd me telling me all the different ways and finished by saying the way h did it was by pee'ing in it lol "good ol' fashioned ammonia" was how it was referred to

mcs · Jun 18, 2014

I think i might give the prawn a go, less crap i can introduce with live rock and cheaper than other alternatives :P

ezza · Jun 18, 2014

Peeing costs money?! o_0

mcs · Jun 18, 2014

ezza said:
Peeing costs money?!

Hahaha as much as you want me to, i am not pissing in my tank lol.

Wrangy · Jun 18, 2014

mcs said:
Hahaha as much as you want me to, i am not pissing in my tank lol.

Aren't you glad you signed up for the forums :p

@ezza you had me in tears reading that

ezza · Jun 18, 2014

well, i was about to cry myself considering how much i need to pee and how little money we currently have!! ;)

mcs · Jun 19, 2014

Wrangy said:
Aren't you glad you signed up for the forums :p

@ezza you had me in tears reading that

Hahaha yeah its good fun :)

Wrangy · Jun 19, 2014

It's tonnes of fun :p threads tend to derail pretty rapidly and probably a little too frequently haha

ezza · Jun 24, 2014

Sorry :p the best forums are the relaxed ones. Like people!

mcs · Jun 24, 2014

Yeah where people don't have a spaz when you have a little fun :P

Buddy · Jun 24, 2014

Throwing a bit of fish food in the tank is a good way to get the cycle started too. Or you can just dose ammonia straight in to your tank to the desired ppm.