I am ordering a waterbox 70.3 to be used as an isolated system from my main display. I want to initially use it to house larger frags of all my SPS as I recover from AEFW. I will use tank water to seed but I don't plan on having any live rock (not sure if this is a good idea). Will the main tank water enough to be able to seed or do I need to wait (weeks? months?) for bacteria to cover the surfaces of the new tank and frag rack?
I've never started a new tank to house corals from an existing one. I plan on cutting up every single colony and saving portions that don't have eggs on them and restarting. My 300G is currently loaded with SPS so this may be a long process and hard for me to stomach going bare again.
Would it be a good idea to put some rocks in my display sump for now and then xfer them to my new sump once the new tank is up and running?
I've never started a new tank to house corals from an existing one. I plan on cutting up every single colony and saving portions that don't have eggs on them and restarting. My 300G is currently loaded with SPS so this may be a long process and hard for me to stomach going bare again.
Would it be a good idea to put some rocks in my display sump for now and then xfer them to my new sump once the new tank is up and running?