One day cycling?

[gr3]

I have been watching the Fish Tank Kings show and see many episodes where the Living Color company installs saltwater Fish Only tanks in one day, fish and everything. How is that possible? Does anyone know their secret to one day cycling?

[chueu]

Precycled sands and water and rocks.. micromanagement to reduce dieoff from movement.

[chueu]

But i do not believe that their method is 100% what it could be.. but its the most 100% best for business

[Butterbean]

What cheu said... my fiance and I had to remove over 100lbs of lr from our 90 reef and do the muriatic acid bath to finally neutralize aiptasia... then we cured it in a trash can for 4-5 weeks then reintroduced it and didnt experience any cycle (Decided to only add back only about 60 lbs
The only way id trust precured to not cycle would be to do it myself or to very quickly get it into your tank from an established system

[gr3]

Thank you for the responses chueu and Butterbean. I guess they just replace any lost fish to keep the customer happy, but don't show that on the show. The old saying, if it sounds too good to be true, than it probably is.

[ChimolaFish]

I mean, as long as its fully cured materials, there doesn't have to be a cycle. Some people also swear by Dr. Tims or similar, or gallons of seachem prime and the like (which binds ammonia and nitrite for brief amounts of time, usually 24-48hrs. I used it as an extra precaution when I first introduced my eel since I used fully cured rock and was afriad of a small cycle)

[gr3]

I mean, as long as its fully cured materials, there doesn't have to be a cycle. Some people also swear by Dr. Tims or similar, or gallons of seachem prime and the like (which binds ammonia and nitrite for brief amounts of time, usually 24-48hrs. I used it as an extra precaution when I first introduced my eel since I used fully cured rock and was afriad of a small cycle)