Hi reefers! I have a priming strategy question for you. Thanks for your help!
Next Thursday, I will get my Tampa Bay Saltwater premium nano rock and sand, off of a direct flight, packaged in the AM and received about 8 hours later. It will also come with their "Package" 5x Astras, 5x Ceriths and a peppermint shrimp. I also will have to pick up 2 corals that I got on Xmas live sales that I would prefer to go into this new tank than in my tank at home to prevent transferring over certain uglies when I bring them back to the office.
My question is how do I best to preserve the biodiversity on the TBS rock/sand, minimize die-off, and potentially keep the 2 corals (1x baby trachy, 1x octospawn) alive and well. I will be testing the tank at least daily from the get-go with Red Sea kits. Water will be LFS-bought Red Sea Coral Pro, 1.025-1.026, 10.9ish Alk, 430ish Ca, 1260ish Mg. Water changes daily at 20% until stabilized. Seachem Alert Badge will be on. I will also add a bag of Seachem Matrix that has been seeding with Microbacter7 for a month.
A. Add Seachem Prime?
B. Add Bio-Spira (or Fritz, Dr. Tim's, etc)?
C. Add both?
D. Run carbon and/or Purigen?
E. Add something else?
F. Add nothing, it'll probably be fine?
G. Don't put those corals in!
Next Thursday, I will get my Tampa Bay Saltwater premium nano rock and sand, off of a direct flight, packaged in the AM and received about 8 hours later. It will also come with their "Package" 5x Astras, 5x Ceriths and a peppermint shrimp. I also will have to pick up 2 corals that I got on Xmas live sales that I would prefer to go into this new tank than in my tank at home to prevent transferring over certain uglies when I bring them back to the office.
My question is how do I best to preserve the biodiversity on the TBS rock/sand, minimize die-off, and potentially keep the 2 corals (1x baby trachy, 1x octospawn) alive and well. I will be testing the tank at least daily from the get-go with Red Sea kits. Water will be LFS-bought Red Sea Coral Pro, 1.025-1.026, 10.9ish Alk, 430ish Ca, 1260ish Mg. Water changes daily at 20% until stabilized. Seachem Alert Badge will be on. I will also add a bag of Seachem Matrix that has been seeding with Microbacter7 for a month.
A. Add Seachem Prime?
B. Add Bio-Spira (or Fritz, Dr. Tim's, etc)?
C. Add both?
D. Run carbon and/or Purigen?
E. Add something else?
F. Add nothing, it'll probably be fine?
G. Don't put those corals in!