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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / June 2004Moving reef and the like...
Hiya I have a question. Right now my 45 gallon reef just has one inhabitant a clown fish. I plan on moving the tank in the next 3 weeks and was wondering if this might make the move easier in regards to tank cycling. I plan on setting up my new tank with a DSB and tossing the old tank which was a UGF. Well I an going to set it up eventually as time permits..... Oh and would it benefit me to scrap off as much of the coraillaine (sp) algae off the old tank and just dump it in the new tank? thanks Dave I don't quite understand your question, Phloater. YOu want to know if the clownfish in that current tank will be beneficial toward cycling the tank you have set up now, or that it may be useful to help cycle the next one? You can indeed scrape of coralline in one tank and drop the chips in another tank. You'll seed the tank that way. Good decision on the UGF. I had one for years, but once I pulled it out the tank took a major turn for the better. Marc > Hiya > I have a question. Right now my 45 gallon reef just has one inhabitant [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dave  SignaturePersonal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com > Good decision on the UGF. I had one for years, but once I pulled it out > the tank took a major turn for the better. <off-topic> Marc, when did you have UGF in your reef tank? Which tank was it and when did you take it out? :-) I had the UGF in my 29g tank for about 3 or 4 years, and never could get my nitrates down below 40ppm, and within a few days it was right back up to 60ppm or more. This group recommended I ditch it, and later when I was getting new carpeting installed I had to drain the tank and move it out of the way. At that point I pulled it out and siphoned the gravel well. Nitrates actually became controllable. Btw, that was a FOWLR, and only became a reef after that. Marc >>Good decision on the UGF. I had one for years, but once I pulled it out >> the tank took a major turn for the better. > > <off-topic> > Marc, when did you have UGF in your reef tank? > Which tank was it and when did you take it out? :-) SignaturePersonal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Ok sorry. Bascially I am worried about my tank cycling when I move it and was basically was asking if I only have 1 fish in the tank if the cycling will not be as bad. I just do not want to lose any of my corals, I finally have a green star polyp colony that is getting huge. Sorry bout the confusion!! Thanks Dave > I don't quite understand your question, Phloater. YOu want to know if > the clownfish in that current tank will be beneficial toward cycling the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> Dave I just moved my 75G. I had everythiong down a week (7 days). It was a short move but after a day or two I was sure I would get live rock die off.. I had the live rock in 5G buckets of waterstagnant for 7 days. I even went as far to do a 100% water change except for some 20G that was in the sump. Bottom line is the tank did NOT recycle. It was all fine. > Ok sorry. Bascially I am worried about my tank cycling when I move it > and was basically was asking if I only have 1 fish in the tank if the [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >> > >> Dave |
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