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Reef Newbie (SOS PLEASE!)
I'm sort of curious if the following trick would help speed up the cycling of the tank any quicker. A while back when I was into fresh water aquariums, I learned a trick where you would pour a good amount of ammonia into your empty but filled(with water) tank that had been seeded with the proper bacteria in a regular established tank. The large amount of ammonia would provide the bacteria with the needed nutrients and would imitate a large bio-load as being present. You would then let the tank go through it's conversion process of converting the ammonia into nitrates and then do a water change. Once that is done, you can put in a large bio-load since the tank would be primed for it already since the bacteria levels are already at a high level.
Would this also work on salt water set ups???? Any suggestions would be appreciated
Would this also work on salt water set ups???? Any suggestions would be appreciated