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Setting up this back up tank and wanted to know how much media I would need from my main display to "instant setup" a 65g? Thank you
Don't know of any instant setup without going through a nitrogen cycle stage.
Something like dosing Fritz Tubro Start may help the process go faster.
You can do that, but you still need time for the bacteria to populate the new media, and food source for the bacteria. All you need is one rock, or a cup of established sand bed to "jump start" the process.
If your doing a tank transfer and not increasing bioload, the current media "rocks" should be sufficient for the current bioload.
Were talking SPS corals. I wouldn't do it.
I personally would never add coral to a tank that wasn't well established. Thats just asking for a headache.
Well some people can do it, look at bubiques(Sp?) frag tank. Same thing, added a ton of SPS on day 1 and all was fine.
Some just have a green thumb(or is it a brown thumb for corals?).
Imo it all comes down to food. Don’t run gfo and feed liberally. Don’t have ph or alk swings out side of your normal daily up and down. Do that and you’ll be okay.
I’ve never done anything beyond adding bacteria to cycle my tank.What about bacteria media/diversity? What would be a good way of going about that?
I’ve never done anything beyond adding bacteria to cycle my tank.