[WILLIAM1]

Now I finally got my rock cleaned and into my new tank. The tank has been cycling for 2 1/2 weeks. The first day the ammonia levels jumped and I started to smell the rock. I did a 30% water change the smell went away and the ammonia started to drop. Now I need to know if I should add some calcium alkalinity additives or should I wait. Curing the rock while my tank is cycling was recomended to me. I want to make sure I'm doing my best to make a great start. The rock I got from Home its great and I want to start to get a build up of colors going. I also will probly need to test the calcium levels and stuff if I use an additive correct. Can anyone refer one. I have been keeping a record book of all of my parameters and water changes.

Thanks will

[WorkinMan]

Doing water changes during the cycle will only slow the cycle. Unless there's fish in the tank, I wouldn't do any more water changes, other than the fresh water top off's, untill the cycle is finished. About the additives, if you havn't already you'll need to get test kits for calcium and alk. Testing is really the only way to determine if you have to add anything. Here's something I have seen spread around on here-If you're not testing for it, don't add it. Having too much of something can be a bad thing in a marine tank.