New 120 gallon build water change question

[bellasdad0911]

I upgraded to a 120 from a 25 lagoon, 120 is now 2 weeks old. All contents from my lagoon went into the 120, I did buy new live sand. Question being when should I begin with the regular water changes. Right now everything looks great, slightly pale colors but I expected that. Polyp extension is great. Nitrates tested out at almost zero, phosphates zero, nitrites zero, alk 11, calcium 460 salt 1.026 skimmer isn't pulling out anything at this point. I am running Red Sea carbon that came in my red seal coral pro bucket. I a have very minimal cyno ( rust ) on glass. So should I do a 20 gallon change or leave it be for another week or until the skimmer starts pulling skimmate?

 

[Ubergroover]

make sure you have at least 20 gallons ready to go. Test daily. 25 to 120 is a jump. do not put anymore coral or fish in and let the tank settle. If ammonia starts to spike, change water or dose ozone (only if you understand what ozone is). Have you had any levels rise since starting this tank? Beautiful tank BTW

 

[bellasdad0911]

make sure you have at least 20 gallons ready to go. Test daily. 25 to 120 is a jump. do not put anymore coral or fish in and let the tank settle. If ammonia starts to spike, change water or dose ozone (only if you understand what ozone is). Have you had any levels rise since starting this tank? Beautiful tank BTW

When I first did the transfer I had ammonia go up to .5ppm to 1ppm. That was about a week ago, since then everything has gone down. Nitrites never spiked, nitrates never rose. I am feeding normally, I added a fairly large hippo tang since it was is dire need of a rescue ( they had it in a 20 gallon show tank and the fish is 4 inches long and an inch thick ) and a yellow tang. Water is ready to go if needed. Surprisingly this has gone very smooth. I did this once when I went from my 65 to a 150 years ago but that one didn't go as smooth unfortunately.

 

[Ubergroover]

When I first did the transfer I had ammonia go up to .5ppm to 1ppm. That was about a week ago, since then everything has gone down. Nitrites never spiked, nitrates never rose. I am feeding normally, I added a fairly large hippo tang since it was is dire need of a rescue ( they had it in a 20 gallon show tank and the fish is 4 inches long and an inch thick ) and a yellow tang. Water is ready to go if needed. Surprisingly this has gone very smooth. I did this once when I went from my 65 to a 150 years ago but that one didn't go as smooth unfortunately.

Thats awesome. Nice tank. enjoy

 

[Budman's Corals]

I'd start now. don't thing changing water out will change a thing, just will replace some trace elements that you might of lost . good luck and keep us posted

 

[bellasdad0911]

That is kind of what I was thinking, not to wait till quality suffers. Take care of it before hand.

 

[divewsharks]

ya, no reason to wait on the water change. whatever your normal routine is, go with it.

 

[bellasdad0911]

Took care of the water change tonight, did 20 gallons. All is well. Figuring every 2 weeks for now maybe 10 days since it's not heavily stocked.