MJAnderson
10/11/2006, 12:36 PM
Hey there,
Looking for move from my 72g to a 180g. I made some mistakes on my 72, namely buying LR and not cooking it. I currently have hair and bubble algae, aptasia and hydriods, all from some LR I got from a fellow reefer. Also, due to a tripped circuit breaker on my QT tank, I ended up not QTing one fish, so I wouldn't be suprised if the tank had ich, although I haven't seen it yet.
What I'm wondering is what I can do to make the new tank as problem free as possible. My plan.
1) Order 100lbs of LR and cook it in darkness for 2 months.
2) Add the cooked rock and new sand into the 180.
3) Move as many inverts as I can find into new 180. New tank will be withouth fish for 6 weeks.
4) Move all my corals to my new prop tank, which will be used for coral QT during the move.
5) Move the fish one (depending on size) at a time into QT for 6 weeks, then move to new tank. Treat with hypo in QT.
6) Take out the old LR and cook for 2 months. Add to new tank.
Clean out old tank and sell. Enjoy new tank with 0 issues.
Some questions. Can you ever get rid of algae? Will 2 months of cooking eliminate aptasia and hydriods? I don't see any red bugs or AE flatworms currently. How long should corals stay in QT? 6 weeks to eliminate any ich cysts?
And most important, is this worth it or will it all come back eventually?
Looking for move from my 72g to a 180g. I made some mistakes on my 72, namely buying LR and not cooking it. I currently have hair and bubble algae, aptasia and hydriods, all from some LR I got from a fellow reefer. Also, due to a tripped circuit breaker on my QT tank, I ended up not QTing one fish, so I wouldn't be suprised if the tank had ich, although I haven't seen it yet.
What I'm wondering is what I can do to make the new tank as problem free as possible. My plan.
1) Order 100lbs of LR and cook it in darkness for 2 months.
2) Add the cooked rock and new sand into the 180.
3) Move as many inverts as I can find into new 180. New tank will be withouth fish for 6 weeks.
4) Move all my corals to my new prop tank, which will be used for coral QT during the move.
5) Move the fish one (depending on size) at a time into QT for 6 weeks, then move to new tank. Treat with hypo in QT.
6) Take out the old LR and cook for 2 months. Add to new tank.
Clean out old tank and sell. Enjoy new tank with 0 issues.
Some questions. Can you ever get rid of algae? Will 2 months of cooking eliminate aptasia and hydriods? I don't see any red bugs or AE flatworms currently. How long should corals stay in QT? 6 weeks to eliminate any ich cysts?
And most important, is this worth it or will it all come back eventually?