Live Rock Water for Cycle

[rk4435]

I started filling my 90 gallon tonight, since I can only spit out a few gallons of RO/DI an hour there is no way I will complete the fill tonight.

My intent is to get the sand in tonight and some live rock that has been sitting in a container with moderate flow for 48 hours. The water with the rock is not clear at all, will it help kick start my cycle or should I discard it?

I will start making trips to a local grocery store tomorrow to buy RO/DI and hope to be fully running in 48 hours.

 

[ringo®]

Most grocery stores is just ro, no di

 

[rk4435]

We have a unique one in Chattanooga, you can get RO, DI, or both. It also has a selection for something else that I cannot recall. I have not needed to go in for any in a while but I went frequently before I had a RO/DI set up myself. My meter usually had their water a bit higher than my own. I believe it is called Earthfare.

 

[tbub1221]

I suppose if there was some die off from the rock then it would have ammonia in it so in theory it would , but I can't say how healthy it would be , I probably wouldn't , just get a cocktailshrimp at the grocery store when your getting water , toss a shrimp in a bag or filter sock (this only aids to remove it later) and drop it in it will get it kicked off , but if your rock is cured and not dry base rock it will kick off the nitrogen cycle as it seeds your tank with its bacteria.

 

[rdnelson]

If the rock is live you already have a cycle. It is not something that starts and the stops.

Live rock means that it has a colony of the beneficial bacteria that consumes ammonia and produces nitrite as a byproduct. It also has a bacteria that consumes nitrite and produces nitrate as a byproduct.

If the rock were dead rock you would need to provide an ammonia source such as the shrimp to kick start the bacteria to grow.


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[wannabeeareefkeeper]

Ringo®;885776 wrote: Most grocery stores is just ro, no di

^^^^^^^ + 1 on what he said. Grocery store water is not deionized water [ di ]. It is drinking water. Human consumption of deionized water is not good, that's probably why you won't find deionized water at the grocery store.


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