Tank Cycling Tips
Tip 1 ) Cycling an aquarium naturally without adding some source of living nitrifying bacteria can take around 30 days or so, but there are ways to help speed-up the process and shorten this cycling time.
Tip 2 ) If you have not already decided on what livestock you want in your aquarium, take the time while you are waiting for the tank to cycle and plan out a species community.
Tip 3 ) NO water changes should be performed or ammonia destroying products of any kind be added WHILE THE TANK IS CYCLING, as this only delays and drags out the completion of the process. However, when cycling the aquarium with live rock, if there is a noticeable accumulation of organic matter collecting on the bottom of the tank from live rock organism die-off, you can lightly siphon out just this material and top-off the water level.
