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07-23-2006, 04:05 PM
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Wasian
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if i take out the crushed coral
and then replace it with live sand will i have to wait another few months for the cycle again?im pretty much jus' gonna take out the crushed coral and leave the water in there an d then add the sand.
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07-23-2006, 04:12 PM
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Im not familiar with your tank in question but if your rock is healthy and in sufficeient quantity DONT add live. Go buy some aragonite and rinse it 20 or 30 times(slight exaggeration but only slight), and then put it in.
Fresh start with CLEAN substrate 
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07-23-2006, 04:17 PM
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The Ninja MOD
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I agree, using live isnt needed. The life on the rock will seed the sand and you will, in time, have live sand. Adding the sand to a tank with water will result in a sand storm. Just keep the rock and any coral blown off with a power head or turkey baster as the sand settles.
A cycle would come if you had die off of some kind.
Robert
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07-23-2006, 05:01 PM
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Wasian
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Originally Posted by Fly Guy
Im not familiar with your tank in question but if your rock is healthy and in sufficeient quantity DONT add live. Go buy some aragonite and rinse it 20 or 30 times(slight exaggeration but only slight), and then put it in.
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im still confused by your answers. first you say its good, and then you say its bad in another thread and then you say its good again? 
by the way the crush coral is dead.
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07-23-2006, 05:27 PM
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The Ninja MOD
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Originally Posted by Confused Korean
im still confused by your answers. first you say its good, and then you say its bad in another thread and then you say its good again?
by the way the crush coral is dead. |
If the CC has been in your tank for any amount of time it isnt dead. The bacteria have had time to populate it and there fore it is alive. Tjhat is why you dont need to add live sand. Its cheaper to just by the aragonite and then let the bacteria populate it. Then you have "live" sand!
The CC will trap detritus and make it easier for algae to get a strong hold. Also the CC doesnt provide much in the way of bio-filtration. It basically just acts like a poop trap.
Robert
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07-23-2006, 05:37 PM
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I took out the crushed coral from my nine gallon a few months back... everything is going great now. My levels are (almost) perfect. I stopped over feeding too.
Personally... I would never used crushed coral again. I prefer the live sand. I started a thirty gallon a few months ago, used live sand this time and I'm so much happier with it than the crushed coral.
Good luck Confused Korean. Keep us posted on the progress.
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07-23-2006, 06:04 PM
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Wasian
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Originally Posted by motorslave
If the CC has been in your tank for any amount of time it isnt dead. The bacteria have had time to populate it and there fore it is alive. Tjhat is why you dont need to add live sand. Its cheaper to just by the aragonite and then let the bacteria populate it. Then you have "live" sand!
The CC will trap detritus and make it easier for algae to get a strong hold. Also the CC doesnt provide much in the way of bio-filtration. It basically just acts like a poop trap.
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ah ok, well i just went ahead and took it out, and started over, good thing i dont have any live rock in the tank yet.
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07-23-2006, 06:06 PM
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Wasian
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Originally Posted by Petunia
I took out the crushed coral from my nine gallon a few months back... everything is going great now. My levels are (almost) perfect. I stopped over feeding too.
Personally... I would never used crushed coral again. I prefer the live sand. I started a thirty gallon a few months ago, used live sand this time and I'm so much happier with it than the crushed coral.
Good luck Confused Korean. Keep us posted on the progress.
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thanks for the support.   yeah i jus' went ahead and took out that crushed coral especially, after seeing that guys thread from switching the 120gal to the 75 gal
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07-23-2006, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Confused Korean
im still confused by your answers. first you say its good, and then you say its bad in another thread and then you say its good again?
by the way the crush coral is dead. |
you said that before.............id like you to show me where i said crushed coral is good..........
no big deal but i have never said that in my life, you must be Confused, or possibly have Confused me with somebody else. 
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Last edited by Fly Guy; 07-23-2006 at 06:30 PM.
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07-23-2006, 08:16 PM
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Wasian
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Originally Posted by Fly Guy
you said that before.............id like you to show me where i said crushed coral is good..........
no big deal but i have never said that in my life, you must be Confused, or possibly have Confused me with somebody else. |
i prolly read it wrong 
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07-23-2006, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Confused Korean
i prolly read it wrong |
Its all good.......I DID tell Debsisterflo to remove a PC by twisting it the other day.............
i knew better but sometimes we answer questions without reading the threads thoroughly enough.........
Glad you got the crushed out....and like you said...it is MUCH easier to remove without the rock to deal with. 
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