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Starting Cycle But Confused Again

I will be starting my 125 gallon Reef tank. I have read and done lots of research but I'm still a little confused. I will have 4in sandbed using Home Depot Play sand, wash well.

This is where I become confused. Do I add the live sand directly on top of this sand during they cycling process? Wouldn't the live sand die because tank is not cycled.

I have 100# of base rock, which was fiji live rock but the person had this out of the tank for over a year. Do I add this at the same time as playsand, live sand.

I think thats it. This has been a fun process. But My wife is due in 10 weeks so I have about 7 weeks to get this tanks cycled right the first time.
 
First of all don't use playsand, use agronite sand about the size of sugar grains, play sand is full of silica. Second of all you will still need about 100 lBS of LR to seed your base rock but this will give you an ideal amount anyways. add the rock right after the sand, and don't rush the cycle!!


Congrats on the baby BTW!!
 
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