3 Ways to Cycle Your Saltwater Tank FAST (Or Slow) & More! EP: 17

Let's talk cycle! There are numerous ways to start your saltwater aquarium's nitrogen cycle, and Matthew is here to walk us through your options. Want to go fast? Slow? What SHOULDN'T you do? We have your information and best practices here!
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00:00 - Intro
01:08 - What even is cycling your tank?
01:54 - What does cycling even matter?
02:27 - How long does it take to cycle your tank?
02:44 - How will I know the tank is cycling?
03:39 - How To Cycle Your Tank Method 1 - SHRIMP
05:37 - How To Cycle Your Tank Method 2 - HARDY FISH
07:34 - How To Cycle Your Tank Method 3 - FISH-LESS
12:10 - What To Do During Cycle - 5 DON'TS!
14:22 - How To Know When Cycle Is Complete
15:23 - A Second mini cycle?
16:26 - Ugly Stage Warning

[EmpireReefer]

This guy is freaking amazing. I love how he explains things takes his time. Really easy to understand.

[dayankkumarasinghe]

IT CAN'T GET ANY BETTER! BEST EXPLANATION EVER!!! Thanks so much for the comprehensive explanation. You the best!!!

[wittleMermaid]

Going through a marathon of all your videos! Thanks Matthew! I feel like I should call you Professor - so clear and concise with the heart of a teacher!

[andywatson]

Never really understood until now. After many failures at great expense of getting it wrong. Now the light bulb is on. Many thanks for taking the time to explain so clearly. 🎉😊

[jennabrandow]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING EVERYTHING IN DETAIL AND IN A WAY I CAN UNDERSTAND!

[lisagregg]

Love the video, you make a biological process so easy to understand

[michaelwiggins]

In regards to mixing bacteria blends, I've done that in all of my freshwater tanks and it seems to have made my biofiltration more responsive and adaptive to changes in stalking or other factors. I would expect that the same should be true for saltwater tanks as it would likely diversify strains of bacteria that can adapt better in different situations. That being said, combining 2 or 3 blends in smaller doses spread over about a week seems to have the best results, as each strain has a better chance to get established as water conditions change to some extent daily during cycling. I intend on doing that with my saltwater tank that I hope I'll have set up next week.

[maddisondee]

When I used to work at pet store back in California, I actually recommended black mollies to cycle saltwater fish tank. Black mollies are brackish fish, they can thrive in both fresh and salt water tanks
And they're cheap.

[bluereef]

Very important you didn't mention. Keep the temp at least 80 so bacteria grows faster. Another important point you need some kind of rock or sand, sponge where the bacteria can grow.

[roshill]

Thank you for the amount of information you have given is truly helping us out with alot of questions we had.

[ronweber]

Well done. Super job explaining things. Thanks very much.

[luckkibehemoth]

For those that are stumbling on this later. There is now a Fritz fishless cycle you can get with their FritzZyme 900 turbo start.

[tylerbrooks]

Awesome video! If I have bought a tank that was already set up for a few months but now has sat dry for a period of time would it still have all of the beneficial bacteria or would they be dead since there is not any water?

[syrenagrey]

Thank you for the informative video. Super helpful for beginners. I'm just wondering if I should leave my protein skimmer on, since one of the BRStv's blog has mentioned: "As organic material in your tank breaks down into smaller particulate matter, running your protein skimmer will allow for air and water to be mixed into a dense foam where these particles can make their way up through the skimmer body, over the skimmer neck, and finally end up exported in the skimmer’s collection cup. Without running your skimmer this particulate matter would further break down into nitrate and phosphate which will fuel algae growth and only cause you headaches in the long run. This is equally as important, if not more important when curing dry rock in a separate system or in the new tank itself."

[stevec]

Brilliant info for my little brain. Thank you

[moshake]

Thank you for making this whole series so easy to understand!
What about method 4; use established media/filter from a mature tank - is this method recommended? and is it REALLY an 'instant cycle' that everyone talks about, ready to add (one or two hardy) fish on day 1?

[_jae.anthony_]

this is great, I just recently moved and my tank has been going for about 8 years so im starting fresh due to a crazy aptasia breakout i couldnt get rid of. Figured it was time to aquascape and start a new tank.

[eloygutierrez]

The best product to cycle your tank IMO is instant oceans bio spira

[eastnjman]

Fritz does have a version of ammonia chloride. I’m currently using it.

[baddad]

Great video even after 30 years of saltwater tanks good to listen what you have to say 3 tanks running 0 water changes no more .