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should my canopy be on during cycling because i added 5lbs of live rock yesterday and just wondering if they need light for algea?
Wazzucycler
11-14-2003, 5:48 PM
Hi,
Im no expert by any means..hopefully someone with more experience will verify this, but I've read that its good to have a light on for at least a few hours a day. Im about a week and a half into my cycle and its working well for me. Ammonia is going down and nitrites/nitrates are going up. Now just have to wait for those to come back down! Goodluck!
thank you i'm in the proscess aswell and kinda new to this all
Dale W.
11-14-2003, 11:36 PM
Most definately have the light on. The old rocess of curing live rock was to put it in garbage cans with circulating water and in a dark place for at least a month. My question was always "why?" If you have live rock, keep it alive. Preserve what you can on the rock. There is quite a bit of stuff that is light sensitive that will die without the proper amounts of light.
i've had my light since i get up a go to bed
johno
p.s man i wish i was where you are i live somewhere less warm(stuck in canadian winter)