Chromis Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Basically I've had my 28 gallon bow-front setup for about a week with just a dead sand bed and 14 lbs of dead base rock. I have a few sand scoops on the way to seed mine. So I guess the next step would be to load up with live rock which I am starting today but will take me two months to pay for all of it (I'm a poor bastard). So anyways, I plan on ordering the detrivour kit from inlandaquatics.com at some point and I was wondering when is the best time to do this. Obviously I want to add the kit before any fish so that they can establish a population but do I also have to wait until after my live rock cycles? Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 yer all torqued up..... slow down, get GOOD quality LR, cure it, and then after a month add some cleaner crew. Patience is a Virtue young Skywalker...... Link to comment
Physh1 Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 Originally posted by Dave ESPI yer all torqued up..... slow down, get GOOD quality LR, cure it, and then after a month add some cleaner crew. Patience is a Virtue young Skywalker...... I totally agree..... Cameron Link to comment
Chromis Posted October 24, 2002 Author Share Posted October 24, 2002 I am slowed down. I'm just planning ahead. Thanks for the assistance. Link to comment
rlinusc Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 I would cycle the LR without any inhabitants until you see the nitrite go to 0 and stay there. There will be plenty of inhabitants with the LR anyway, so it won't be boring, trust me. After nitrites hit 0 then i would consider adding a clean up crew, though little at a time. Linus Link to comment
jburke30 Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 Originally posted by Dave ESPI yer all torqued up..... slow down, get GOOD quality LR, cure it, and then after a month add some cleaner crew. Patience is a Virtue young Skywalker...... What constitutes GOOD quality LR? At my local LFS their LR selection looks horrible (and it's covered with aptasia). I've seen the picture of what the Author of "The Consciencious Marine Aquarist" Got any pictures of what's good, or bad? Link to comment
rlinusc Posted October 25, 2002 Share Posted October 25, 2002 From what i have seen the best quality live rock comes from online distributors like Tampa Bay, or Gulf View, for aquacultured and other online providers such as Flying fish of a host of others for imported rock from fiji, marshall islands, etc etc. Linus Link to comment
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