[Tangster]

Are we talking Vat for curing Rock or the home aquarium ?

the nitrogen cycle is simply bacterias that fish wastes and other decomposing organic matter (such as dead stuff on L/rock) is converted from Ammonia or Ammonium to nitrites to nitrates which are then either converted to free nitrogen by plants in the refugium or will be converted by de-nitrifying anaerobic bacteria Now I have cycled many tanks and I prefer the old way that this guy speaks of as something he had heard about like the wet/dry and so on but does not really know about them far to old technology? or just repeating what he has heard or read ? But I know form my experiences that changing water while a cycle is going on in the tank will just prolong the cycle .. Nothing I have read or repeated from stuff others have read and put into an article. Like this guy

Quote ( As I have indicated, there is no cycle, per say, if live rock is used in a tank. All the bacteria needed are on the rock itself. What we do face is a curing period. That is the period when dead material on the rock is consumed and toxic organic production from the rock itself is brought into check. )


No cycle per say ? what the hell does he think a cycle is ? l I think This is called a cycle LOL All the excess bacteria has to die off and will then reach sustainable colony sizes to be able to de-nitrify the surround water of ammonia and Nitrites and convert them into nitrates .

Also the quote above is talking about Cycling Rock vats or rock filled aquariums ? There are only enough needed de-nitrifying bacteria at any given time need to handle the needed bio load. Be it rotting rocks and living or dead fish and animals or their by product from food ..

Now I know from first Hand experiences of cycling tons upon tons of L/R just harvested from the gulf and its sat in vats that has a steady supply of saltwater from the gulf pumping through it 24/7 and or if they are not located close to saltwater supply they will keep it supplied to keep the die off form just fouling the entire rock vat curing set up alive.

Everybody do what they will But I have seen to many arterials come and go from wet drys are Nitrate factory's to DSB are great and will totally sustain themselves to adding Vodka to to complete what the DSB can't up to L/R will make the system reef ready for corals and fish Right now today no waiting! B/S I knew better then and I still no better .