Hi all, I hope you are well. I'm in need of some expert advice...
I used to be big in the hobby 20 years ago and am now getting bank into it. I currently have a nano cube 24 (established for 2 years) and I unfortunately had a BTA mishap. It never did well from the day I put him into my tank and long story short, he declined fast and I didn't remove it quick enough. Then, all 5 of my fish died shortly after.
Here is why I need advice...after the fish died, I decided I'm building something bigger and better. I got a 30 gallon shallow tank with an IceCap sump and Bubble Magus Curve 5 skimmer. I do still have all of my inverts in the nano cube but want to build out the new tank into a reef tank. My question...should I start from scratch with the reef tank and put new sand and rocks in and do a new cycle? Or could I use the sand and live rock (and inverts) from the Nano Cube (plus some more live rock) to start the 30 gallon reef tank? Of course, I'd let it run for awhile before adding more fish and corals, but would love to hear some advice from you all.
Thank you in advance!
I used to be big in the hobby 20 years ago and am now getting bank into it. I currently have a nano cube 24 (established for 2 years) and I unfortunately had a BTA mishap. It never did well from the day I put him into my tank and long story short, he declined fast and I didn't remove it quick enough. Then, all 5 of my fish died shortly after.
Here is why I need advice...after the fish died, I decided I'm building something bigger and better. I got a 30 gallon shallow tank with an IceCap sump and Bubble Magus Curve 5 skimmer. I do still have all of my inverts in the nano cube but want to build out the new tank into a reef tank. My question...should I start from scratch with the reef tank and put new sand and rocks in and do a new cycle? Or could I use the sand and live rock (and inverts) from the Nano Cube (plus some more live rock) to start the 30 gallon reef tank? Of course, I'd let it run for awhile before adding more fish and corals, but would love to hear some advice from you all.
Thank you in advance!