All my cycling questions?

lol thanks cosmo..
Questions of the day...1. Do i rinse gfo I know to rinse carbon.
2. I need to slow down my flow in my fuge do you think if I just put the return from the reactor into it that would be enough? I'm thinking maybe aroung 200gph. My fuge is about 10 gallons (I know not real big but better than nothing.)

 

Found my answer (not the hard way) for gfo... RINSE WELL!!!!

 

holy crap you have to rinse this stuff a lot!

 

So, I have played around a with my reactor(dual) and i see why people say to buy two singles! It is pretty hard to get it adjusted. I am going to mount it up above the sump to put head pressure on it. I had planned on putting it level but this means i have to restrict the pump quite a bit. Pump restriction = one pissed off sounding maxijet! With all this noise and vibration I'm going to assume it is bad for it and it is ridiculously annoying!

 

So, i guess I need to start thinking about what I want to put in here. I wanna put in a couple little fish once the cycle is over to test the waters. I was thinking blue reef chromis. Any better suggestions?

 

A snail and a hermit will test the water and whole lot easier to catch then a Chromis.

If you want Chromis great, if you are introducing with the idea that if they croak that's ok, probably not a good idea.

There is no reason to use fish to test the water if your levels are good, why introduce fish that will be difficult to catch and has the potential to introduce disease to your tank. Again if you are going to stock Chromis as a fish choice great..

 

Cycle is OVER!!

 

WOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOO !!! ;D;D;D;D;D;D

Let the games begin !!

 

haha thats what i was thinking!!

 

That is awesome!
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