I think so but not 100%.
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I have enough of those to make 35gal. About half of what I need gonna ask LFS is they rent or let people borrow water jugs!I think if you get some 5 gallon jugs (like this one that I’m using as an ATO reservoir) thatd be the best for transporting water. My LFS sells them for around $10 a piece, they’re water tight and have a big hole for pouring water and a tiny hole in the back so it doesn’t do the awful glug glug thing like what happens if you pour beer out of a bottle too fast. Highly recommend, I have to haul water upstairs for all my water changes and that would be very near impossible without these things!!
Probably a good idea! I had to do a rip clean a couple months ago on my 45 and used about 60 gallons of water. Make sure you have plenty of spare water!! I have no idea how I managed to use that much, but it was really fortunate that I made a lot more water than I thought I needed!After mixing my 20 gal I may fill a few 5 gallons back up and mix more!
"rip clean" ??Probably a good idea! I had to do a rip clean a couple months ago on my 45 and used about 60 gallons of water. Make sure you have plenty of spare water!! I have no idea how I managed to use that much, but it was really fortunate that I made a lot more water than I thought I needed!
Yep, basically you take out all the rock and scrub the algae off in saltwater then replace it in the tank. So you keep much of your beneficial bacteria but remove the nuisance algae. You may experience a mini cycle but I doubt it will last more than a week. I did one a few months ago and the mini cycle was 3-4 days, I did not lose any corals during the mini cycle"rip clean" ??
Ah... I did not know it had a name. I have had to do that many times. I honestly don't test daily so if I had a baby cycle I've never noticed. When things get really gnarly with diatoms or dinos or cyano... I just go hog and start scrubbing rock. I lost a Monty Porter that way once but sometimes you just got to do what you got to do...Yep, basically you take out all the rock and scrub the algae off in saltwater then replace it in the tank. So you keep much of your beneficial bacteria but remove the nuisance algae. You may experience a mini cycle but I doubt it will last more than a week. I did one a few months ago and the mini cycle was 3-4 days, I did not lose any corals during the mini cycle
What @footgal said but when I did it I didn’t even cycle. I know she runs a bare bottom tank and that may be why she cycled."rip clean" ??