Nitrogen cycle before or after dry start?

shobe

Discussion Starter · #1 · Aug 14, 2021

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I've got a 20 gallon and I'm going to make it high tech (this is my first time). I want to dry start some Monte Carlo, S. Repens, and Hygrophila Pinnatifida (amount in that order), but I'm also worried about algae popping up, so I'm torn on whether to dry start or cycle first. Can they be done at the same time, or should one come after the other???

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Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 14, 2021

mudbugmike said:
Doesn't matter. Plants don't care about the nitrogen cycle as much as livestock do. If you do it before you need to do something to keep it alive. So you may as well dry start and then cycle.

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