Newguy33190 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Tank has been set up for a month, been cycled for a week. 46 bowfront getting moved to 55. Question is I have 40lbs of sand in the 46 and I know I'm going to need another bag to fill the 55. Do I get a bag of live sand or just dry sand? Also there's dry coralline algae int the back and sides of the 55, should I scrape that off, it kinda looks bad since its white Link to comment
2 f15hy 4u Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 If you don't have any inhabitants yet then I would just get some more live sand and wait it out. You'll probably get a bit of a cycle going regardless of new sand, because you'll be stirring it up when you move it. You should definitely get that dried coralline off of there. You'll be happy you did later on. Link to comment
Newguy33190 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 If you don't have any inhabitants yet then I would just get some more live sand and wait it out. You'll probably get a bit of a cycle going regardless of new sand, because you'll be stirring it up when you move it. You should definitely get that dried coralline off of there. You'll be happy you did later on. Ok I'll scrape it off in a little bit. I do have a couple fish but plan on sticking them in a separate tank for a few days. Just wasn't sure what would cause the lesser of a cycle Link to comment
2 f15hy 4u Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I'm not 100% on if the dry sand would cause any less of a cycle to be honest. I would personally just get more of the same sand and wait for the spike though, especially if you have somewhere to keep your fish. Link to comment
Newguy33190 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 I'm not 100% on if the dry sand would cause any less of a cycle to be honest. I would personally just get more of the same sand and wait for the spike though, especially if you have somewhere to keep your fish. I started with 2 bags of live sand a month ago. Ammonia went to like 14ppm and after a couple weeks it went from high as hell to 0 in 12 hours so I know the tank can process it pretty quick. There's 65lbs of liverock that should have a good bacteria on it at this point Link to comment
2 f15hy 4u Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Sounds like you're good to go then. You can always do frequent water changes for a while after you add the new sand. Just make sure not to be too eager about putting your fish back in. That would suck to get a spike after putting your fish back in! Link to comment
Newguy33190 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Sounds like you're good to go then. You can always do frequent water changes for a while after you add the new sand. Just make sure not to be too eager about putting your fish back in. That would suck to get a spike after putting your fish back in! I figured I would test everyday for a week and in that time I would think I would see a spike. I put 2 clowns a cardinal and a damsel in all at once when the tank cycled like 12 days ago and I didn't see a spike in anything and checked the first 3 or 4 days they were all in Link to comment
2 f15hy 4u Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 You should be good if you're testing that diligently, and you always have the other tank it sounds like, if you start to see a spike in things, or you can just do a hefty water change. Hopefully you'll get a second opinion in here soon, but you should be good. Link to comment
Newguy33190 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Anyone else have any input if I should go live or dry sand. Currently have 40lbs, looking to get a 20lb bag Link to comment
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