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04-23-2007, 08:00 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lakeland, FL
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Moving to new tank, new sand bed, water from old tank, ok to move fish?
Can I use a new sand bed (home depot kind) seeded with the old sand bed, add all my old live rock and water which is in my current tank during the move along with about 60 gals of newly made saltwater. Can I do this and move the fish/corals on the same day or should I let the new tank cycle for awhile before moving everything?
Old tank is 60 gal, new tank is 125 gal, about 80 or 90 lbs of live rock being moved.
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04-23-2007, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: bend, oregon
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sand?? 
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04-23-2007, 08:04 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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You should be fine to move them over. Waiting a day or two doesnt hurt anything of course if its not to hard to do.
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I like to glue animals to rocks and put disturbing amounts of electricity and saltwater next to each other
Zoa and paly pics HERE
SPS pics HERE
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04-23-2007, 09:15 PM
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Bigger Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Fort Myers, FL
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I wouldnt even bother with moving any of the old sand. Go 100% new sand. Save as much water as you can, add LR wait as long as you can.. Id say atleast 3 hours, just so the sand can settle a little, then toss in fish n coral
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04-23-2007, 09:29 PM
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I loves me a water change
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: WI
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What kind of sand from Home Depot are you referring to?
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04-23-2007, 10:00 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lakeland, FL
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The Silica stuff, Quickcrete,
Fly I went today and redrilled the HPDE and it turned out well, eliminated a row and it has a nice curve now in the middle. I kept thinking sand cause of my Goby, conch, and Xenia. I know they won't do well in a BB tank and mainly cause I don't want to part with the Goby ( First surviving fish I ever got) I think I'm gonna do sand,
What I did also was still used the hollow reef idea I just ditched the 3/4 inch rods, used the biggest ones in the back and moved my way forwads to the front, I think itll still be pretty cool and I guess its still not too late to go BB lol.
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04-23-2007, 10:03 PM
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I loves me a water change
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: WI
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I'm not sure I would use silica-based sand.
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04-23-2007, 10:41 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Canada
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Diatoms use silicates to survive so using silica sand will end up feeding a diatom farm.
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04-23-2007, 11:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: bend, oregon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike01z
The Silica stuff, Quickcrete,
Fly I went today and redrilled the HPDE and it turned out well, eliminated a row and it has a nice curve now in the middle. I kept thinking sand cause of my Goby, conch, and Xenia. I know they won't do well in a BB tank and mainly cause I don't want to part with the Goby ( First surviving fish I ever got) I think I'm gonna do sand,
What I did also was still used the hollow reef idea I just ditched the 3/4 inch rods, used the biggest ones in the back and moved my way forwads to the front, I think itll still be pretty cool and I guess its still not too late to go BB lol.
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 Everchanging plans.
Sounds good, looking forward to seeing pics. Sounds great on the lift config change.
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I like to glue animals to rocks and put disturbing amounts of electricity and saltwater next to each other
Zoa and paly pics HERE
SPS pics HERE
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04-24-2007, 01:30 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lakeland, FL
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why do you guys say no silicate? from the search I ran it seems like this is what everybody uses?
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04-24-2007, 01:32 AM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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it feeds algae.
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04-24-2007, 03:08 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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I like to glue animals to rocks and put disturbing amounts of electricity and saltwater next to each other
Zoa and paly pics HERE
SPS pics HERE
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04-24-2007, 03:16 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lakeland, FL
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well shoot thats what most people seemed to be using, what do you guys recommend then?
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04-24-2007, 03:35 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lakeland, FL
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LOL after reading all that I don't think I am that worried, it seems that really with silicates you get diatoms instead of other types of algae since diatoms require silicates plus all the other stuff the other algae needs.
This paragraph tripped me out
Summary and directions for future research
If I were to tell you that there is an organism that can help compete with nuisance algae for nutrients, and will allow you to feed your system phytoplankton simply for the cost of rubbing a magnet on the front glass of your tank, you might be willing to pay quite a lot of money to get such a creature established in your system. Because this organism actively reduces nitrates and packages nutrients in easily skimmable (as well as nutritious) packages, you might be willing to pay even more. I’m hopeful you will not be too disappointed to learn that you already have them in your aquarium, nor too sheepish to learn that you have been doing your ****edest to wipe them out. They are none other than your old enemy, diatoms. One sometimes wonders if the minor aquarium gods always know what they are doing, or what implications their choices might have for their aquatic worlds.
Ill probably just do the home depot sand and if the magnet test works I'll be good to go. |
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04-24-2007, 06:05 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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I used live sand.
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