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Azilla 02-22-2005 01:31 AM

Quick tank setup
 
Have a quick question about tank setup. If i take my liverock and water from my 75gal tank thats been setup over a year now and put it in a 20gal tank while i do my clean up will it cycle??? I do have a new bag of Sand i want to make live was thinking this would be the best time to add it?? with new sand it wont have to cycle will it?

sumpfinfishe 02-22-2005 02:17 AM

If you transfer the live rock I would be sure to add 50-75% of the total water volume from your existing setup and the rest can be made up of new water. So you could do a 10gl water change on the 75gl and use the old water in the new 20gl.
The sandbed will go through a diatom cycle from the added silicates of the new sand. This is normal though so expect to have some brown film on the new sand until it's a healthy live sandbed.

Azilla 02-22-2005 02:58 AM

Awsome was a little concerned cuz some livestock will be in it temp.


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