Come Oct 6th if all goes as planned, I'll be starting up a 240 g RS reefer 3xl900. Of course, with rock, sand and room in the sump it won't be that much water volume, but I'm trying to figure out how much bottle bacteria to add. I will have new live sand (don't have to rinse), mostly new rock with some current rock with corals on them, and will add a few pieces to the sump. I know there are some people who say I don't need to add anything else but as I'll be xfering my fish right away I don't mind wasting the $$ on the bottles just in case.
I have:
Biospira-up to 75g
Fritz-up to 20g
Dr. Tims-up to 120 gal.
Is this enough. I also keep on hand prime and stability. I also need to keep UV's and skimmers off? Right now I'm not sure how my UV's will be plumbed. I think to the 2 returns so I think I just unplug them (lfs doing the plumbing). How important is it to turn off skimmer and uv's to add thte bacteria. Never had uv's before.
I have:
Biospira-up to 75g
Fritz-up to 20g
Dr. Tims-up to 120 gal.
Is this enough. I also keep on hand prime and stability. I also need to keep UV's and skimmers off? Right now I'm not sure how my UV's will be plumbed. I think to the 2 returns so I think I just unplug them (lfs doing the plumbing). How important is it to turn off skimmer and uv's to add thte bacteria. Never had uv's before.