The Nitrogen Cycle - How to Cycle your Reef Aquarium

Becka goes over how to cycle a reef aquarium.

Join this channel to get access to perks:

#tidalgardens #coral #reefaquarium

The salt we use:

Our Favorite Fish and Coral Foods:

Fish Quarantine Treatments:

Cycling Bacteria/Media:

Super Helpful Random Stuff:

Sound Absorbing:

DIY Sound Panel Parts:

Photo/Video:
Canon C200

Camera Stabilization:

Audio:

Copyright Information:
This video was shot and edited by Tidal Gardens. Tidal Gardens owns all intellectual property rights to this content.

[SethEssington]

Becka is awesome! I think I'm in love lol

[TheirWorldAquatics]

Awesome video, well said and delivered!!! Love the bloopers at the end. This video came at the perfect time as we are cycling our 1000 gallon tank now which has roughly 1500 gallons of water in it.

[seancolinclark]

"You aren't taking your bacteria out on a date, so you aren't obligated to remember their names." I almost fell out of my chair! 🤣🤣🤣

[janinesnyder]

Oooh! What a robust anthias at 1:29ish😍

[hugosandro]

This one was a riot and such a great and easy to understand explanation! “It’s not a date” lmao

[Ricardo-dnyn]

Hi Becka! I loved this video and the way it's explained. Always is a pain in the butt this cycling process. Say hi to Than! And keep making more vídeos please!

[vikingo]

What's the purple coral at 15:33??

[chrismetalwilson]

So happy you posted this I'm currently dealing with a massive algae bloom I think because I rushed the nitrogen cycle now that I now the information. Thank you

[nm]

It’d be dope to have this in a playlist trying to start a new tank of my own and I need to follow along. Not my first tank I just blow them up every so often and get frustrated lmao

[jonathanmartin]

I have to explain this on a daily basis to people. I think I go into too much details because most people (not everyone) wants to add fish yesterday... and then there is the "ugly phase" that takes everyone by surprise even though I explained it really carefully and put a lot of emphasis on "UGLY" ... they see a brown spot and think its over. Since most people use dry rocks these days, there is also the silicates part to explain a little bit. Good job on the explanation though, hope some of my future clients will look it up :) happy reefing everyone :)

[Markmorganhaircuts]

Hey, do you have to constantly add more ammonia during the cycle?

[Wissperwind]

How do I know whether I have enough or too little settelement space for the bakteria?

[Wissperwind]

In the diagram I saw that the cycle can get stuck at nitrite. Can this also happen at the ammonia peak?

[justinmorin]

In your instructions, you mentioned to dose ammonia throughout the cycle. I am two weeks into my cycle and I have dosed ammonia only once. Now for two days my perimeters read zero ammonia and 2ppm nitrite. Keep in mind, I have not dosed ammonia since the spike in nitrite. Would you or your viewers suggest I continue dosing ammonia (seeing no ammonia levels are present) or wait until nitrite levels read zero and nitrate takes over?

[rehanbinoy]

can you please do a video on feeding of fish and corals

[borinvlogs]

I am struggling to raise NO3 so i've starting dosing it daily. Could you do a video about dealing with Dino (amphidinium type)???

[jasonkelsey]

If I take 4 months to cycle a new 220 gallon tank without fish, dose Phytoplankton and grow a large pod population, can I then start with the addition of my first 10 fish all at once or should I keep my fish additions to 2-3 small fish at a time to gradually grow my bio load?

[davidhills]

You forgot the final stage of the nitrogen cycle. The fourth stage is where bacteria converts nitrate to nitrogen gas. It takes months for the bacteria to colonise enough to start lowering nitrates effectively though. And they only form in anoxic or low oxygen areas of your rock or biological media. Like the centre of your sump brick. This why a year old tank tends to be so much more stable.

[thecarnivorecollector]

You are fine. You are good. You are funny. 🤣

[alaind.]

Y cycle mi tank in 3 weeks using bacteria