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Hello, I am getting ready to start setting up my upgrade for a tank transfer.
I am currently set up in a 30gal display w a 15 gal sump that is stocked with only a single clownfish and some clean up crew. We had some Florida summer air-conditioning failures this past year that wiped out pretty much all of my corals.
New tank is a Waterbox AIO 50.3 that will eventually be a softie & LPS focused reef.
My big question now is how to rid my current rock of various pests (red bubble algae, colonial hydroids, and ball anemones).
I'd love to use this deliciously seasoned, coraline crusted rock in the new tank but after fighting this bubble algae for the last 4 years I need to be free of it.
Since my setup is essentially FOWLR now do I treat (vibrant?) my current tank with something to nix the algae before the transfer? Load it up with some peppermint shrimp?
My last experience using live pest control ended up with some chewed up acans and a very useless emerald crab. Not as big of a concern now without the corals but the health of my clown is first and foremost.
How in the world can I keep my aged rock without bringing all the bad guys over?
I am currently set up in a 30gal display w a 15 gal sump that is stocked with only a single clownfish and some clean up crew. We had some Florida summer air-conditioning failures this past year that wiped out pretty much all of my corals.
New tank is a Waterbox AIO 50.3 that will eventually be a softie & LPS focused reef.
My big question now is how to rid my current rock of various pests (red bubble algae, colonial hydroids, and ball anemones).
I'd love to use this deliciously seasoned, coraline crusted rock in the new tank but after fighting this bubble algae for the last 4 years I need to be free of it.
Since my setup is essentially FOWLR now do I treat (vibrant?) my current tank with something to nix the algae before the transfer? Load it up with some peppermint shrimp?
My last experience using live pest control ended up with some chewed up acans and a very useless emerald crab. Not as big of a concern now without the corals but the health of my clown is first and foremost.
How in the world can I keep my aged rock without bringing all the bad guys over?