Patience is a Virtue

[Sharkie]

I started my cycling today for my 10G Nano - going for a FOWLR.........does anyone have any suggestions to how to pass the next few weeks/months while waiting for cycling to be completed?????????

 

 

At the moment, im waiting for the water to clear up so that i can get busy aquascaping. Thinking of going for the bommy look........................Arrrrrrh, i want to add fish, hermit, prawn, help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:x

[Crakeur]

best things to do while cycling:

 

1. peruse the online vendors for animals. research the animals.

2. stare at the rock to see if anything is in there.

3. read up on the essentials. maintenance etc.

4. scour these boards and learn as much as you can.

5. view porn. Ask tinyreef for some suggested sites.

6. count your money. it's fun to do and you won't be able to count what you don't have real soon.

 

good luck with the cycle, keep us posted on the tank's progress.

[tinyreef]

Ask tinyreef for some suggested sites.

it's for research, i swear. i read the articles. they got my name from amazon.com. X)

 

best things to do while cycling:

get a 2nd job to save up the $$$ for the lighting.

[Sharkie]

I have been doing number 2, but have not found any hitchikers as yet. I'll keep working on it though

 

Tinyreef, porn sites always have the best news articles, right??

[maroonclown]

You could show of your "invisable" fish to your friends, then, while they aren't looking, take their wallets!!! Spend your time the way I did: 1) wake up and go to work or school. 2) run home from school or work and go to your LFS. 3) read every aquarium book they have, but don't buy a damn thing. 4) stare at their fish displays. 5) ask to buy 1 oz. of live rock, then after they get 1 oz. of rock, say it is of poor quality and refuse to pay the $.50 it costs. 6) (omit if they don't carry sharks and eels) say to the sharks "you can't bite me, nanananananananananana". 7) Leave when the police take you home. 8) repeate until tank has been cycled.

[Acoustic]

Sharkie - Are you the same Sharkie as the photo forum mod at RDO?

[ninhsavestheday]

show off to your friends! youll be amazed how simple minded human beings could be amazed by ls, lr, and lighting in a tank.

[Sharkie]

Nah, not the same Sharkie - this is my first outing on the reef's forum. Just couldnt think of an interesting name to use

[yOyOYoo]

2. stare at the rock to see if anything is in there.

 

 

haha I love it Crakeur!

[Fomob]

As lame as this sounds I keep a few fake corals that I got from Dr. Mac and Sons. I got them initially because I wanted to see how they looked. I run a chain of private schools and I have REEF Clubs set up in three of the elementary schools. We work with primarily soft corals, etc. I thought it would be good for the kids to see some hard acroporas without risking killing them because we do not use Halides. I have since found that they are a nice addition to any tank during the cycling process. Takes away the boredom, they look farily good and when the tank is ready for live inhabitants simply remove the fakes and set them aside for the next assignment.

They are reasonably inexpensive in the small size and it gives the tanka bit of a living look while it is cycling. It also helps me determine where I am going to put the live specimens.

Just another alternative.

[aj1au]

Well, i have been staring at the rocks and there is nothing going on yet.......

 

But on one of the rocks there is this white film that seems to be spreading over the rock, any ideas what it is, good, bad????