will it take the full 2 or 3 weeks of a normal cycle with ammonia levels currently at just around .5. Or will they drop in a week or so?
How do I know if the water will ever be safe for live stock given the amount of "coral sludge" (dead coral residue) in the tank? Will a 100% water change make it safe?
I was planning on housing coral stock I'm getting with the 125g temporarily in the 55g until the 125 is fully cycled and operational. However, if the water and/or rock may be too toxic to do that, I will have to have 125g of sea water ready, and wait on cycling it and place the coral stock in that tank until I can get my 55g safe enough to hold corals while the "new" tank is cycled. I don't exect the cycle to take long, given that i'm using cycled sand, and will hopefully be placing some of my cycled rock in there to jump start the bacteria population.
Just torn on how to keep the corals until everything is back in shape. This is his only tank, so, there's no chance of the previous owner keeping them until things are stabilized in both tanks.
I'll be tearing the 55g down once done with this transition process. Due to the leaks it has.
How do I know if the water will ever be safe for live stock given the amount of "coral sludge" (dead coral residue) in the tank? Will a 100% water change make it safe?
I was planning on housing coral stock I'm getting with the 125g temporarily in the 55g until the 125 is fully cycled and operational. However, if the water and/or rock may be too toxic to do that, I will have to have 125g of sea water ready, and wait on cycling it and place the coral stock in that tank until I can get my 55g safe enough to hold corals while the "new" tank is cycled. I don't exect the cycle to take long, given that i'm using cycled sand, and will hopefully be placing some of my cycled rock in there to jump start the bacteria population.
Just torn on how to keep the corals until everything is back in shape. This is his only tank, so, there's no chance of the previous owner keeping them until things are stabilized in both tanks.
I'll be tearing the 55g down once done with this transition process. Due to the leaks it has.