LarryW
Premium Member
I was planning on getting out of the hobby for a little while, but I want to keep the fish I curently own in my mixed reef. I will be dumping 100% of the live rock in the system, and go FO. here's the thing, I have always had live rock, and corals in the tanks I have owned, so I am not sure what equpiment I need to keep the bacteria in place. my plan is to transfer my current fish in my 120 into a horse trough for a day or 2 while I set this up. next drain the 120, remove the live rock, and sand. add new sand, and fresh salt water. now I do have some live rock in my sump, and I would leave that. I also have a beefy skimmer. I was going to then add 1 large prodibio pro vial with 500billion bacteria, and check the cycle level after 2 days. once in the clear, add the fish back. I would also add a few pieces of the red sea liverock that's made of resin.
so, do I need the skimmer?
Lighting will be t-5s as I don't think 2 400w HQI's will be overkill, although, the fish in there are reef fish, I might add a trigger, but I would prefer to keep it open so that I could add some zoas back into the tank eventually...
What about mechanical filtration?
so, do I need the skimmer?
Lighting will be t-5s as I don't think 2 400w HQI's will be overkill, although, the fish in there are reef fish, I might add a trigger, but I would prefer to keep it open so that I could add some zoas back into the tank eventually...
What about mechanical filtration?