Cleaning Used Tank Set Up

[Pennywise the Salty Guy]

Good evening R2R!

I bought a used set up and will be picking it up soon.

Should I deep clean the equipment and start my tank from a sterilized base point?

Or should I keep the sump/equipment as is to keep the bacteria?

As far as I know, the tank is still flowing until the day I pick it up and is only holding frags.

Thanks!

 

[CasperOe]

Do you get to see it first- with all livestock still in the tank? If you're quite happy the condition that everything is in, I don't see why a "deep clean" would be required.

That being said, I'd prefer to clean everything up all nicely and start from scratch! Part of the journey you know- and it limits the possibility of something nasty being in your tank..

 

[Norcoreefer]

With peoples questionable tank habits and the amount of parasites that could be hiding in it, I'd do deep clean. Nothing worse than getting a tank all set up and suddenly you find a parasite that requires a total strip down anyways. I like to know what I'm starting with. A new fresh build guarantees that I can keep an eye on everything that goes into that new tank.