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Advice? cycle question

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by wesly2007, Oct 21, 2015.

  1. Oct 21, 2015 #1
    wesly2007 Cedar Rapids

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    Going to b setting my 40 breeder up soon and I'm curious if I should be running my skimmer and my media reactor while the tank cycles?
     
  2. Oct 21, 2015 #2
    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    I never have. I always just run the return pump and a circulation pump and heaters. No lights, no skimmer, no reactors. Once I'm on the tail end of the cycle I'll run the skimmer and start water changes.
    What media are you running?
     
  3. Oct 21, 2015 #3
    wesly2007 Cedar Rapids

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    I'm going to be using 2 reactors. One with GFO and carbon and the other with bio pellets
     
  4. Oct 21, 2015 #4
    Ray/Jen_Reefin Davenport, IA

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    Run the bare minimum while in cycle. Circulation and return pump.
     
  5. Oct 21, 2015 #5
    jeremy Davenport, IA

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    I run skimmer if it's new to break it in. If used skimmer I wait till end of cycle. Reactors I wait till cycle is done. I
     
  6. Oct 21, 2015 #6
    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    Kind of like cooking the rock in the tank. Doing it this way you can even remove all the rock and dunk it in a series of buckets 2x/wk and run a filter sock for a few hours afterwards along with a bunch of power heads in the tank to kick up all the detritus. Do it bare bottom tho. Add sand afterward. Just a thought
     

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