Hi,
Have had my upgrade which is a TMC signature 900 cycling for 6 weeks now.
5 of those weeks I was away in Asia but a friend kept eye on the tank.
I used some established live rock from a smaller tank which i put in the sump and some new live rock from my LFS which I attempted to putty together before I went on holiday but messed it up due to putting back into the tank before the putty had bonded at all.
So I just placed the rock all loose in the DT.
My cycle is complete I think as I have no ammonia and a touch of nitrate.
My question is can I remove the live rock in the DT and take my time to create the scape out of the water then leave it out of the water for 24 hours to ensure a good bond as I'm trying to create a bommie kind of structure and don't want it breaking again or will this cause problems for the cycle the rock dying off or whatever ?
Any thoughts please guys ?
Have had my upgrade which is a TMC signature 900 cycling for 6 weeks now.
5 of those weeks I was away in Asia but a friend kept eye on the tank.
I used some established live rock from a smaller tank which i put in the sump and some new live rock from my LFS which I attempted to putty together before I went on holiday but messed it up due to putting back into the tank before the putty had bonded at all.
So I just placed the rock all loose in the DT.
My cycle is complete I think as I have no ammonia and a touch of nitrate.
My question is can I remove the live rock in the DT and take my time to create the scape out of the water then leave it out of the water for 24 hours to ensure a good bond as I'm trying to create a bommie kind of structure and don't want it breaking again or will this cause problems for the cycle the rock dying off or whatever ?
Any thoughts please guys ?