One Week Cycle!?

[neofish1906]

My friend's 55 gallon, fish only, saltwater tank cycled in one week. He placed some media from his 55 gallon, reef only, saltwater tank to help speed up the process. Does this usually help a tank cycle that fast?

 

[fsn77]

I moved 1/2 the deep sand bed and several pounds of LR from an established tank into our 90g and it only took about a week to cycle.

 

[Germanman]

i have about 3 days to 8 day cycles...but thats with my little twists and tricks...most take about 3weeks to 2 months avg around 1 month.

 

[Reefscape]

there is no need for any twists or tricks mate, just good quality live rock and some established sand and its easy to get a fast cycle..as fsn states above, its easily done...nothing special needs to be done to get a fast cycle..

Niko

 

[musho3210]

live rock speeds up cycling a lot a lot since its already full of bacteria, put the rock in, get some heat, get some water flow, let things on rock die a bit, let the dead things get eaten up by bacteria, then your ready for fish