Will it cycle?

[Nanzo]

I just redid my tank. i took out all the rocks and sand. sand was in a bucket with fishtanks water. half the rock were covered in tank water. the rest were not able to fit in the bucket. i kept the tanks water in saltwater containers. my sumps deep sand bed was left in there n i kept all the foam prefilters in water because they were filled wit copepods n bacteria. after aquascaping the rocks n puttin the old sand back( i added sum new band sand too) n fillin it wit the old fish tank water, the water seemed to be fine. i tested it n the parameters were all in check. the question is... will there be a cycle again or will the bateria from the old sand, and foam prefilter be enough to avoid cycling??? newb question

[lajz9]

I wouldn't worry about it, stay on your testing and keep some new water on hand should you need it.

[disaster999]

depending how long the rocks were out of water, you shouldnt see another cycle. since disturbing the sand, i would wash the foam filters once the tank clears up. probably check for nitrates and or ammonia and see if everything is in check.

[Nanzo]

the rocks were out of the water perhaps maybe 8 hours tops. although there was alot of ditritus in the water, the filter sock to care of it.

[nanoreefnate]

if there was a detritus release there was probably a MASSIVE RELEASE of Phosphate. this is the factor i would be concerned about right now. not ammonia or nitrate.

 

usually just moveing 3 rock would cause a fair release of Po4 but a whole tank being redone. i would do a 70% WC and add a phosban reactor to that tank.

[Nanzo]

i tested yesterday n phosphate was only at .5 ppm on my apitest kit. im running a half pad of poly filter which probably took care of most of it.