Too soon for corals??

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  1. reefer1343

    reefer1343 Plankton

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    I have a 30-ish gallon nano tank with a 30 gallon sump set up with an octopus reef skimmer that I put freshly mixed R.O. salt water in with one bag of carib-sea aragonite live sand to start cycling almost a week ago. yesterday I purchased live rock from a guy that was dumping his tank for a big move. It was a great deal and couldn't be passed up! however, some of the rocks still had corals attached to them. There is two different kinds of xenias, some green polyps and mushrooms, a ricordea and some zoanthids. Naturally, I already have all the rock spread out between my tank and sump. But since my tank has only been cycling for a week should I take all the corals out? the polyps are open and the xenias open and almost pulsing, the ricordea seems to situating himself just fine as well. I do have a lot of water from this guys system that I also dumped in my tank as well which could help them. Also if its important I'm cycling my tank pretty naturally, I basically just put the live sand, the live rock and the existing system water from where I got the rock in the tank and just gonna let it do its thing for 2 or 3 weeks and start putting snails and what not... but idk what to do about those corals on the rocks, any suggestions?
     
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  3. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Since you used live sand and live rock on which the corals survived, there's a strong chance that your system is seeded and won't actually see the typical "cycle". You look like you're on the right track-- wait 2 - 3 weeks, then test your parameters. If everything is in check, add additional livestock slowly.