250000 litre pool conversion to reef tank!

[Albertastorm]

Wow that is a solid change in results. I have a finnex on my nano and it works great.

Yes...1250 watts of other heaters could not heat ...but 800 finnex does the job!

 

[ourcoralreef]

Thank you!!!....was beginning to think I was on my own here))!!!
But in reality...I'm putting ...all the crabs... snails and algae into my tank...god knows what kind of tanks they came from???

Bad advice i should have done more research before suggesting this,
for some reason i thought it was a good idea at the time

 

[Albertastorm]

You should at least to a fw dip also parasites do not attach to inverts but there is always a slight chance one gets through so fw dip should do it

Good plan...will do!

 

[Albertastorm]

You should at least to a fw dip also parasites do not attach to inverts but there is always a slight chance one gets through so fw dip should do it

With crabs and snails too??

 

[ourcoralreef]

With crabs and snails too??

Bad advice i should have done more research before suggesting this,
for some reason i thought it was a good idea at the time

“Deleted so that no one follows this advice”

 

[ourcoralreef]

Deleted .... ^^^

 

[Albertastorm]

Yes fresh water should not harm them the parasites are not dying either you are just stunning them long enough that they fall off and stay in the fw

how long?

 

[Albertastorm]

5-7 minutes keep a eye on them just in case

Sorry ..jumped the gun

 

[Albertastorm]

Thank you...have gone to a lot of trouble...dead rock...no live rock.
Want to keep this tank clean!

 

[Albertastorm]

Anyone see any problems?
Macros for refuge.
Cleanup crew in tank.
Fish in quarantine.

Ok...comments please!!!
This shipment coming in 2 days...appreciate some educated advice

 

[Albertastorm]

As an aside...is there purple coralline algae in live sand?

 

[ourcoralreef]

As an aside...is there purple coralline algae in live sand?

No

it’s full of dormant bacteria

 

[ourcoralreef]

Thank you...have gone to a lot of trouble...dead rock...no live rock.
Want to keep this tank clean!

You can also Quarantine invertebrates for 30-45 days to make sure that there’s no parasites in the system

 

[Albertastorm]

No

it’s full of dormant bacteria

Why would there not be traces of coralline algae?

 

[Albertastorm]

How long can coralline algae survive without light?
Sorry had this argument with LFS...said no coralline algae in live sand!
How???
How can there be no coralline algae in live sand??

 

[Kinettik]

Coaline Algae will come on live rock and in shells. Unless you are getting live sand (crushed coral variety) from the ocean, you will have none.

Also, and this may be an unpopular decision around here, but I do not quarantine. I added my CUC directly to my tank as soon as it it was stable, zero issues. My fish all come from my LFS, which keeps them in a fully medicated system prior to allowing anyone to purchase, so the essentially do my quarantine for me.

 

[ourcoralreef]

How long can coralline algae survive without light?
Sorry had this argument with LFS...said no coralline algae in live sand!
How???
How can there be no coralline algae in live sand??

Coraline algea is just that a algea it needs light oxygen calcium magnesium and other trace elements to survive
The best way to get coraline in your system is snail shells and your water parameters stable all those bottles of coraline (in my opinion) is not going to help at all coraline usually takes about a year to start in a stable tank

The “live” sand you get isn’t alive from the ocean its dried, washed then added to bags with dormant bacteria that becomes alive when introduced to a system

 

[Albertastorm]

Skimmer test!

 

[Albertastorm]

No

it’s full of dormant bacteria

Ok???...just lost a bet(
Guess it will come with crabs and snails
Is there no dormant stage to coralline?
Got green algae growing in tank??

 

[Bunnee911]

Green algae is good at this point. Congrats.