问:我是新手水族馆的业余爱好者，刚刚开始建立我的第一个坦克，这将是一个带有几条小鱼的40加仑软礁系统。我的一个朋友也是业余爱好，但已经有一个运营坦克的朋友，他解释了骑自行车的重要性。我不确定我是否真的掌握了这一过程的所有来源，但是我确实知道我需要在水箱中建立某些细菌，以将氨转化为有害物质。我的朋友提出要给我几加仑的水，当他进行下一次水变化时，以帮助我循环我的系统。这足以获得cycle在我的坦克吗?
-Nathan Kranz
A: First off, welcome to the marine aquarium hobby, and kudos to you for seeking advice on the vital process of cycling during the setup phase of your system rather than rushing out and buying livestock right away like so many newcomers do.
关于您朋友的善意，在水族馆水中不存在大量的硝酸盐细菌，然后将氨转化为亚硝酸盐，然后硝酸盐将硝酸盐转化为硝酸盐。相反，他们在水族馆系统中将岩石，基材和其他硬表面定居。因此，一种启动坦克周期的更好方法是问您的朋友是否可以放弃一些基材材料，大块瓦砾，甚至是他的系统中的几块岩石。
Alternatively, you could ask your friend if he’d be willing to place some good porous rocks in his system (e.g. in the sump if he has one) for several weeks so they can become inoculated with nitrifying bacteria and then transferred to your tank.
Of course, aquascaping your system with purchased live rock, whether fully or partially (some hobbyists create the bulk of their aquascaping with dry rocks and then top off the structure with some good pieces of live rock), will help to get nitrifying bacteria established, in which case you wouldn’t have to impose on your friend at all.
Keep in mind also that introducing nitrifying bacteria in one way or another is only part of the process of getting a new system cycled. You’ll also need an ammonia source to fuel the bacteria. If you aquascape with live rock, there should be enough die-off of encrusting organisms to produce the necessary ammonia, so all you have to do is test your water until both the ammonia and nitrite measurements are zero. On the other hand, if you don’t use live rock, you’ll need to introduce ammonia in a different manner, for example dosing the tank with ammonium chloride. For directions on this process, simply google “fishless cycling,” and you’ll get lots of helpful results from a variety of sources.
无论您采用哪种方法，请记住耐心将是您最大的资产，因为该过程可能需要数周才能完成。而且，一旦您的系统循环循环，并且可以安全地开始添加牲畜，请记住要缓慢而逐渐地这样做，以便您新建立的生物滤池能够保持步伐。
