Do's and Don't of cycling a tank?

[Greatwhite]

It's your topic in a General salt water forum... You can go off on any tangent you want.

[Littorina]

Okay, another naive question about live rock hitchhikers...........

    When using live rock to seed your tank starting off, won't most of the hitchhikers in/on the live rock die off during your cycle? Or are some of them really tough buggers and can take the excess ammonia and nitrites? 

[Stussi613]

I posted that Az carries Tonga, but he actually carries just about every kind of rock including Fiji. You can contact him via his vendor forum or give him a call for pricing.

Sorry for the error Az 

[Greatwhite]

Okay, another naive question about live rock hitchhikers...........

    When using live rock to seed your tank starting off, won't most of the hitchhikers in/on the live rock die off during your cycle? Or are some of them really tough buggers and can take the excess ammonia and nitrites? 

There are tough hitch hikers who get into a crack/hole in the rock and will hunker down until the mini Armageddon is over.  These critters survive being yanked from the ocean, packed "damp" in a box, a plain ride and sitting in that box for however long, and then into somewhat disgusting conditions while the rock is cured...  A little ammonia spike won't hurt them much.