corrosionjerry Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 When curing live rock is it possible to move the process along by installing a temporary filter that has been cycled material from a fresh water tank......... or is it possible to use the fishless cycle procedure with pure amonia to speed up the process or cycle the tank even before the live rock goes in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 When curing live rock is it possible to move the process along by installing a temporary filter that has been cycled material from a fresh water tank......... NO. The bacteria are different strains. or is it possible to use the fishless cycle procedure with pure amonia to speed up the process or cycle the tank even before the live rock goes in? YES, you can. :smokey: Some people will toss in a piece of shrimp and let it decay to kickstart things, but ammonia works fine and I would think quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted December 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 Thank you No problem. You could also check to see if anyone has some filter media you could get some dregs from....if you were closer, I'd have some floss you could strain out into the tank to get some bacteria going. Makes a mess, but it can either be filtered out or water changed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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