GHOST FEEDING

[Yogi90]

I recently bought a 40 gallon frag tank and decided to start the cycling process. So far I have approximately 20 lbs. of live sand and about another 20 lbs. of live rock. I learned from my first tank that I needed to get the ammonia levels up so I ghost fed the tank generously. After day 3 I noticed a film developing on the patches of food at the bottom. My ammonia levels are fairly high. Am I on the right path? Thanks ahead

[M. Tournesol]

If you started your tank with real live rock (ie. from the wild), you don't need to ghost fed.  Live rock will have some die-off because of the transport.

your tank should cycle by itself.

3 hours ago, Yogi90 said:

Am I on the right path?

yes.

[filefishfinatic]

fishless cycle is dumb, use bottle bac. coral consume ammonia more then they produce it 

[Clown79]

6 hours ago, Yogi90 said:

I recently bought a 40 gallon frag tank and decided to start the cycling process. So far I have approximately 20 lbs. of live sand and about another 20 lbs. of live rock. I learned from my first tank that I needed to get the ammonia levels up so I ghost fed the tank generously. After day 3 I noticed a film developing on the patches of food at the bottom. My ammonia levels are fairly high. Am I on the right path? Thanks ahead

Was the rock wet from an established tank or dry? Cycling is different depending on the rock.

 

Also what exactly is your ammonia level at