I dunno about that Brian. I think the whole process you have seen me go through has been about the system because this is what a buyer of the system will experience.
As for the cycle. I am real world baby. Fish are back in the tank. Against directions? yea. WIll the same thing happen in the real world when people buy this? Yea - alot of times.
I wil be keeping an eye on the levels - particularly early on. I have conditioners ready to go if ammonia or nitrites go wacky. I have to keep my kids' fish alive - but I have to cut out or down these water changes.
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