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Originally Posted by gregzz4
Ya, drain your tank, it'll make netting so much easier
Put your rock in the mentioned brute containers while netting
I'd be inclined to keep the skimmer on the DT as you want to keep that tank fed while fallow. Find another skimmer for the hypo if you feel it's needed, but a couple HOB filters will do just fine
Get them into your sump now and seed the foam blocks. If you can't wait for them to seed from the DT water, get some startup stuff to help you over the ammonia cycle
And the mentioned ammonia badge and ammo guard or similar is a must
Lots of water changes the first couple weeks may be needed
Treat the DT like you would if the fish were still in there;
Water changes, testing, etc, and feed whatever corals there are that need it
The only thing I see about your plan that would make me nervous is the chance of contmination from splashing DT water into the hypo section
Lastly, I believe the preferred salinity for hypo is 1.009
A Hyposalinity Treatment Process
Best of luck  |
I got just about everybody out tonight. It required removing every single freaking rock (and I have ALOT of rock), and I still didn't get my leopard wrasse. Little bastard hid himself somewhere in the sand and I couldn't find him. Turned my tank in to mil dragging my hands through the sand trying to find him. Hopefully he re-appears tomorrow and will fall for a trap. On the upside, this gave me the opportunity to remove some base rock that made my tank look too busy, and my new scape is waaaaaaay better. I also got at the two aiptasia my CBB wasn't eating and blow torched them. Soooo satisfying.
My fish are all in the sump now, fully freaking out. I didn't realize that my bengali's were breeding again and got an unfortunate surprise when the male expelled all the eggs in to the net. Poor guys. They're butterfly fish food now.
I'm going to let it run for the night so the skimmer can clear the murk in the tank, then start reducing salinity tomorrow. I'm not worried about splash back, my sump is really deep, and the baffles from one chamber to the next are offset by only half an each between each chamber, so no splashing ever happens in there.
Thanks for the responses. I'm glad I did it this way. The other option was removing all the coral and hypo treating the display tank, but after taking out all that rock (half of which is Marco rock) I realized just how much life is in there already. Some of my Marco rock is just as covered as my real live rock. It would be a crying shame to nuke all that.