My Saltwater tank - cycling week one 12/30/2008

this is after a week of tank cycling...

the extra things I got for the tank (Oceanic Biocube 14 gallon):

Oceanic Protein Skimmer for Biocube
Marineland Submersible heater
API Saltwater Master Test Kit
One small clown fish for cycling the tank
One piece of Fiji Live rock from Petco (I know it's not enough, but that's what I can afford now...)
Red Sea Salt
Aqua Plus Tap water conditioner

update:
I made a mistake though at the beginning, I turned on the protein skimmer, and the carbon filter is there too, both of which are not recommended during recycling the the new tank, because that doesn't help the bacteria to grow at all. I took them out a week ago, now my cycling will take a bit longer... so, remember, turn off protein skimmer and take out any carbon filter during tank recycling.

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• saltwater
• oceanic
• biocube
• bio
• cube
• crown
• fish
• crownfish
• tank
• aquarium
• cycling
• protein
• skimmer
• fiji
• live
• rock

[MastaViper808]

Do i turn OFF the main filter too? How about the powerheads, heater, light?

[samlovesfilm]

@MastaViper808 I don't think you need to turn off other stuffs... because these things help the bacteria to spread and grow

[SROD12321]

100% of the fish,coral, and live rock I buy is aquacultured. Let me explain something else:

Every hobbyist in the US could fill his tank with new wild coral and cause no harm to reefs. Harm is caused by the following:

1)commercial anglers using tnt to get at fish within reefs 2) oil spills

3) pollution.

There are rules against hobbyists taking corals. This is to allow the reefs to recover from large scale harm; hobbyists are not the source of this large scale harm - not possible.

[justneedemil1981]

your not supposed to keep delicate fish like clowns in your tank durring cycling.  I would only advise live rock and substrate during cycling. It really puts alot of stress on the fish and they could die.

[walsallcrew]

@brandonkr

If we have more important things to do. Why are you sending me a message about a fish?? The ammonia will cause pain and distress to the fish so it is stupid isn't it really.

[brandonkr]

@walsallcrew your the stupid one claiming your going to report someone for keeping a fish improperly. what are you going to do, call the police and tell them that someone on youtube is not keeping a fish the right way? we have more important things to worry about in this world than a damn fish

[realtheloniuscrunk]

it doesn't take longer to cycle with a fish, number one, and number two, one fish is not going to be stressed in a 14 gallon tank by itself...people are too sensitive...calling this guy an idiot is way over the top. saying he should be reported, even more so. i bet the fish is still perfectly healthy.

[marcusferran]

I can't believe your cycling that tank with that fish. Poor thing. You shouldn't cycle a tank with any fish it's swimming in poison!

[gmodder1965]

Idiot police!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[F1shL0v3r]

You should have put a damsel in there...hardiest fish ever and they cost like 5$

[njim891]

@samlovesfilm That's not true. The bacteria is the same. That is why when converting a fresh tank to salt it is recommended to use your same filter with the bacteria strands still intact. Way to make this guy spend more money because you don't even know how to use Google.

[walsallcrew]

Rubbish pet owner! Poor fish. Some people are stupid. I'm reporting you

[DPMANLA]

wow thats going to take ages to cycle if it cycles fully. you should just use live rock to cycle no live stock. you shouldnt turn of your skimmer it wont effect the cycle and yes no need for carbon yet anyway.please people dont use live stock in your tank to cycle thay will go through hell even tho some fish are so called hardy fish. you need a little more live rock in that tank.. hows your t

[Tempdoom]

You dont need a fish if you have live rock... If you are cycling with a fish, it takes longer, and if you do you should use a damsel.