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WhiteTang
04/18/2014, 07:48 PM
Its about a week that I started the cycling of my tank with live rock and ghost feeding, or at least I think I have started it. Havent done any measurments yet. The question I have is:
Can I add the live sand in a couple days? or will this disrupt the cycle? Should i wait after it has cycled or go ahead and add it?
The sandbed will be about an inch deep. Just enough to cover the bottom and to host critters that like sand but not any critters that like dsb!

rfgonzo
04/18/2014, 08:03 PM
You should add your sand now, you want that in the tank as it cycles.

Luke Schnabel
04/18/2014, 08:42 PM
You want to add all your sand and rock. Monitor your amonia levels. Once they hit zero then go ahead and dose pure amonia to get around 3. If it clears in less then 24hrs your cycle is done and you can add fish!

Good luck!

WhiteTang
04/19/2014, 04:58 AM
You want to add all your sand and rock. Monitor your amonia levels. Once they hit zero then go ahead and dose pure amonia to get around 3. If it clears in less then 24hrs your cycle is done and you can add fish!

Good luck!

Thanks for the advice :)