new 17g tank

[nguyenma]

hey so i have had a 14g bio for about 8months now and i just recently started a new tank. the tank has been cycled for about 3 to 4 weeks now. i check the water params and it came to be
ammonia 0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
ph 8.2 - 8.4
i have 8 ponds of rock in there with xenia and a damsel now.
i was wondering do i have to acclimatize my original fish from the 14g to the 17g. this goes for my coral as well?

[jenglish]

If the salinity and temp match on the two tanks I would probably just float the fish in the bag rather than mess w/ a drip acclimation.

[Loverotties]

Why not?It the same as buying it from someone else.New tank.I won't take a chance!

[nguyenma]

the salt is about the same but the temp is off by a little bit. should i just let them float and add a bit of the new tank water to them? rather then drip

[chrisd]

i would float them.

[nguyenma]

this is what my new tank looks like. just wondering what is the brown stuff on my sand?
i got a hangon filter. forgot what is it. will check when i get home. i got a heater and will be switching it outwith my stealth heater from my 14g tank when everything is out of there. i have a nano power head and aqualite. i dont know if i need anything else. any suggestion?

[chrisd]

looks like diatom bloom.

[nguyenma]

i forgot about that. is it bad that i have xenia and a damsel in there while this is happening? how soon will it be done?

[cutietwo]

well, if your levels are reading fine and the damsel is acting/eating normally (and the xenia) then i wouldn't think it'd be a big problem. it might take a couple weeks (maybe with your tank size only a few days?). I have a 46 and my diatom lasted for a couple weeks before it went away...

[nguyenma]

my tank size is about 17g to 18g tank. and when i first got my damsel it was freaking out... but in the last couple of days its acting normal and it started to eat. and my xenia the first bit that i put it with my lr was weird looking. it look like it was withering and it was extended at first. that was about 5 days ago now the xenia looks healthy. its extended and flowing like what xenias does haha. so i checked the water everyday. changed it almost everyday. first couple days i did 15% change then 10 and 5. now the ammonia is 0
nitrite 0
nirtate 0
ph 8.2-8.4
havent check calcium yet. will tonight!!
and if all the water param stays like that tonight i think im gonna finish moving the rest of my rock and livestock over!!!

[nguyenma]

hey i got a general question. what can be kept with a snowflake eel? and what cant? because my buddy has almost the same set up as mine. hes got 2 false clowns, mimic tang and a couple of blue damsel and a snowflake eel.

[Loverotties]

Boy that will be a long list!

[nguyenma]

lol. haha well what he has with it is that ok?

[Reeftanker3295]

Not for a 17g.. The 2 false clowns and the damsels are the only 2 from that list that will fit in a 17g.

[Loverotties]

But he wants what can't.So a whale,dolphin,shark,grouper,Tangs,Angles,Triggers, Seahorses,Invertebrates,Lion fish,Parrots,Damsels,Mollies,butterflies,Tusks,Cra bs,Etc...