risk1994 Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks Mike, I agree with what your saying. My concern with the floss was that I didnt want my nitrifying bacteria growing in it since Ill be tossing it once I start in with livestock. Link to comment
mike c Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Don't worry about it, toss it. I replace my floss every 2-3 days. It catches all the heavy chunky crap, and its not in there long enough to build up any significant amount of biological filtration. If anything, it'll add to your nitrate and waste levels. Link to comment
risk1994 Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Maybe a dumb question but I'm starting to see diatoms and want to add CUC... Do I need to quarantine a CUC? Link to comment
MysticReef Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I didn't. I got my CUC from reefcleaners.com. Instructions were to acclimate them to tank temperature by floating the bags for 15minutes, discard any excess water or paper towels, and put the CUC straight into the tank. By this method all my snails seem in good health and are very active, eating algae and crawling around/though the sand. I would highly recommend reefcleaners for your CUC. Link to comment
risk1994 Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 My plan was to add some corals slowly and add 1 fish later on. I'm wondering if I should add the fish first since he'd be by far the largest single bioload. I assume I wont mini cycle with a couple of corals but an ocellaris in a 5.5g tank might cause some ammonia in the short term and I dont want it to hurt my corals. Fish first or coral? Link to comment
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