Bluecrabber
Member
Hi All
In the process of moving out of my house and I'd like some advice on the best thing to do with my tank. I have a 40 gallon breeder tank with a couple coral, 3 fish (2 clowns and a gramma basslett) and some live rock. I had planned to save half the water in buckets and then keep the fish bagged for the drive up to where were going (bout an hour and half away).
My concern is I have been struggling with a cyano problem for the last several months and I would to seize the opportunity here with moving the tank to squash it. If I rinse out the sand after the tanks been emptied, hookup the canister filter, and pour the water I kept back in can I keep from going through a whole cycle? Im sure I'll at least have a mini-cycle but I was hoping to add some bottle bacteria to speed that up.
What do you guys think? I've had the setup running for a year and a half where we're at now. I did move the setup to the basement for when we were selling the house and were having people come through and that worked out okay but this is a much bigger hurdle, I would gladly appreciate any comments / suggestions.
Thanks
In the process of moving out of my house and I'd like some advice on the best thing to do with my tank. I have a 40 gallon breeder tank with a couple coral, 3 fish (2 clowns and a gramma basslett) and some live rock. I had planned to save half the water in buckets and then keep the fish bagged for the drive up to where were going (bout an hour and half away).
My concern is I have been struggling with a cyano problem for the last several months and I would to seize the opportunity here with moving the tank to squash it. If I rinse out the sand after the tanks been emptied, hookup the canister filter, and pour the water I kept back in can I keep from going through a whole cycle? Im sure I'll at least have a mini-cycle but I was hoping to add some bottle bacteria to speed that up.
What do you guys think? I've had the setup running for a year and a half where we're at now. I did move the setup to the basement for when we were selling the house and were having people come through and that worked out okay but this is a much bigger hurdle, I would gladly appreciate any comments / suggestions.
Thanks