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Originally Posted by Ian.g
ok i have my tank up and running...with just the skimmer to add and i am getting 15kg of liverock and 20kg of live coral sand on saturday plus i have added filter aid...i have a big external on my little nano tank that i have running so was thinking of taking that off of that and putting on my new 5ft system to speed things up...i am getting a test kit from my brother tomorrow or saturday to monitor everything, my question is...how long should i wait? and would it maybe be worth me getting a couple of mollies to maybe help it cycle?
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I personally would not put any fish in there , pretty cruel on the fish , and you are also introducing any diseases that they may have , and if they survive ,you have still got to get rid of them, I would put your big external on and maybe drop a food type prawn in there to get things really buzzing ( what I did with my new one was dropped in the sump of my new tank the sponges out of my filter of the 5 footer also one food type prawn also a little sand from my old tank and every thing was ready in 5 weeks and I added the first fish , and touch wood every thing has been fine and the callerpa in my sump is taking care of my nitrates which are currently 5ppm
