Cycling a Frag Tank

[Albatros]

Heya all,

Wanted to hear opinions/experience from those who have done this or know better than me . I am about to fire up a 40G breeder coral propagation tank. The tank have a 50G sump with about 50lbs of live rock, a ASM G2 skimmer. My main question is how do I cycle this tank? Should I just treat it like I would a regular reef tank? Any advice would be welcome.

Thanks,

John W.

[gwen_o_lyn]

Yup just like a normal tank since the rock will have die off. Give it plenty of time.

[Rob]

yes, it should be treated just like a normal tank, preferably connected to share the same water as the parent colony.

[Albatros]

What if the rock I use is already cured ... what will or should I use to help maintain the bio activity? or do you think there will be enough life on the rocks themselves? or should I put a fish or two in the prop tank?

[Rob]

nope...
just drop the rock it and let the cycle occur.
even with cured rock, your tank still needs to go through this phase.

treat it as a normal tank and you will be fine..

[fat walrus]

Originally Posted by gwen_o_lyn

Yup just like a normal tank since the rock will have die off. Give it plenty of time.

a tank is a tank.