Moving reef and the like...

Hiya
I have a question. Right now my 45 gallon reef just has one inhabitant
a clown fish. I plan on moving the tank in the next 3 weeks and was
wondering if this might make the move easier in regards to tank cycling.
I plan on setting up my new tank with a DSB and tossing the old tank
which was a UGF. Well I an going to set it up eventually as time
permits..... Oh and would it benefit me to scrap off as much of the
coraillaine (sp) algae off the old tank and just dump it in the new tank?

thanks

Dave

I don't quite understand your question, Phloater. YOu want to know if
the clownfish in that current tank will be beneficial toward cycling the
tank you have set up now, or that it may be useful to help cycle the
next one?

You can indeed scrape of coralline in one tank and drop the chips in
another tank. You'll seed the tank that way.

Good decision on the UGF. I had one for years, but once I pulled it out
the tank took a major turn for the better.

Marc


Phloater wrote:
Hiya
I have a question. Right now my 45 gallon reef just has one inhabitant
a clown fish. I plan on moving the tank in the next 3 weeks and was
wondering if this might make the move easier in regards to tank cycling.
I plan on setting up my new tank with a DSB and tossing the old tank
which was a UGF. Well I an going to set it up eventually as time
permits..... Oh and would it benefit me to scrap off as much of the
coraillaine (sp) algae off the old tank and just dump it in the new tank?

thanks

Dave


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"Marc Levenson" wrote in message m...
Good decision on the UGF. I had one for years, but once I pulled it out
the tank took a major turn for the better.

off-topic
Marc, when did you have UGF in your reef tank?
Which tank was it and when did you take it out? :-)

I had the UGF in my 29g tank for about 3 or 4 years, and never could get
my nitrates down below 40ppm, and within a few days it was right back up
to 60ppm or more. This group recommended I ditch it, and later when I
was getting new carpeting installed I had to drain the tank and move it
out of the way.

At that point I pulled it out and siphoned the gravel well. Nitrates
actually became controllable. Btw, that was a FOWLR, and only became a
reef after that.

Marc


Pszemol wrote:

"Marc Levenson" wrote in message m...

Good decision on the UGF. I had one for years, but once I pulled it out
the tank took a major turn for the better.


off-topic
Marc, when did you have UGF in your reef tank?
Which tank was it and when did you take it out? :-)

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Ok sorry. Bascially I am worried about my tank cycling when I move it
and was basically was asking if I only have 1 fish in the tank if the
cycling will not be as bad. I just do not want to lose any of my
corals, I finally have a green star polyp colony that is getting huge.
Sorry bout the confusion!!

Thanks

Dave

Marc Levenson wrote:
I don't quite understand your question, Phloater. YOu want to know if
the clownfish in that current tank will be beneficial toward cycling the
tank you have set up now, or that it may be useful to help cycle the
next one?

You can indeed scrape of coralline in one tank and drop the chips in
another tank. You'll seed the tank that way.

Good decision on the UGF. I had one for years, but once I pulled it out
the tank took a major turn for the better.

Marc


Phloater wrote:

Hiya
I have a question. Right now my 45 gallon reef just has one inhabitant
a clown fish. I plan on moving the tank in the next 3 weeks and was
wondering if this might make the move easier in regards to tank
cycling. I plan on setting up my new tank with a DSB and tossing the
old tank which was a UGF. Well I an going to set it up eventually as
time permits..... Oh and would it benefit me to scrap off as much of
the coraillaine (sp) algae off the old tank and just dump it in the
new tank?

thanks

Dave

I just moved my 75G. I had everythiong down a week (7 days). It was a short
move but after a day or two I was sure I would get live rock die off.. I had
the live rock in 5G buckets of waterstagnant for 7 days. I even went as far
to do a 100% water change except for some 20G that was in the sump. Bottom
line is the tank did NOT recycle. It was all fine.


"Phloater" wrote in message
...
Ok sorry. Bascially I am worried about my tank cycling when I move it
and was basically was asking if I only have 1 fish in the tank if the
cycling will not be as bad. I just do not want to lose any of my
corals, I finally have a green star polyp colony that is getting huge.
Sorry bout the confusion!!

Thanks

Dave

Marc Levenson wrote:
I don't quite understand your question, Phloater. YOu want to know if
the clownfish in that current tank will be beneficial toward cycling the
tank you have set up now, or that it may be useful to help cycle the
next one?

You can indeed scrape of coralline in one tank and drop the chips in
another tank. You'll seed the tank that way.

Good decision on the UGF. I had one for years, but once I pulled it out
the tank took a major turn for the better.

Marc


Phloater wrote:

Hiya
I have a question. Right now my 45 gallon reef just has one inhabitant
a clown fish. I plan on moving the tank in the next 3 weeks and was
wondering if this might make the move easier in regards to tank
cycling. I plan on setting up my new tank with a DSB and tossing the
old tank which was a UGF. Well I an going to set it up eventually as
time permits..... Oh and would it benefit me to scrap off as much of
the coraillaine (sp) algae off the old tank and just dump it in the
new tank?

thanks

Dave