water tomorrow!!!!

Good luck!

 

Wait, you are just getting started and want to add corals right away? Wouldn't you want to wait for the tank to cycle? Even with Dr Tims, wouldn't you want to wait for the "cycle" and biological filtration to get established?





Maybe I am just skeptical of the "Instant Biological Filtration" claim. While that IS true since there is bacteria and such in the bottle, it just seems risky to put anything live in before that biological "stuff" gets out of its semi-dormant stage and starts to vigorously get working, but if it works for you, go for it.

 

Yea your gonna wait awhile and do some testing before you start adding any corals... Plus you may want to add some live rock and sand to help seen you tank. Dry rock don't have biological bacteria in it, its all dead.

 

It would be safer for fish then coral. Fish can be added if done correctly in as little as 3 days. 7 days should be a good start and monitor your levels after the adition. Really a person should wait 6 month to a year to add corals, but we all know that dont happen. Cycle don't just mean the first cycle. Saltwater tanks have to balance out and I would say wait a month or so before corals.. If you add coral too soon and you really like them. when tank starts try to balance the part were algae starts to grow it may over come your favorite coral.
Good luck

 

Using live rock will speed up cycle much more then using dry rock and starting from scratch.

 

I have personally used dr tims on 3 nano tanks with dry rock which are still going and the stuff works great....that being said you still need to monitor that initial ammonia spike and drop...on average it took about 1 1/2-2 weeks for mine to initially cycle...when she converts ammonia in a 24 hour period you are pretty much golden...I have read that bumping your temp up a bit will help the bacteria populate faster....I ddint see a major difference time wise but it didnt do any harm either....Technically you could dump the stuff in let it settle a bit and throw a fish in..mr saltwater tank has a video of him doing it...i dont like that plan but it could be done that way. If you would like I have some of the dr tims ammonium chloride that keeps the bacteria fed so you dont have to put a fish in or food or whatever. Pm me and I could bring it over. Also i kept mine fishless for close to a month and just keep dosing the ammonia to keep the bacteria fed.

 

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and don't think you're doing something many of us haven't done before, I made the same mistake with my 120 I threw $100 worth of zoas in a month after my tank "cycled" and a few weeks later they were a mere memory, now a year later I have several zoas and a few LPS and they're all doing great, you can risk it and I wish you the best luck but in my experience its not the best idea