Deciding to NOT tank transfer-- Questions:

[rja]

Hey all,
I have a 75 gallon that has finished cycling. It has been up for over a month and the cycle period was relatively fast. Over two weeks ago, I started with a bottle of MB Start XLM, some ocean rock, and 2ppm of ammonia. This past week, the tank has been essentially fish ready. However, I had held off because I was unsure of what I should do with my current tank. My current tank is a Biocube 29 with a pair of clowns and a Six Line. My current tank has a lot of corals I want to put into the new tank but the rock is riddled with pests. After two years of putting coral in without dipping-- my luck has finally ran out. I now have copious amounts of flatworms, vermatids, asterinas, bubble algae, and bryopsis. I plan to dip my corals as I put them into the new tank.

So today, I have decided that I will not continue to test my luck and I will start over completely. So instead of scaping my tank with the intention of moving over 30 pounds of established rock, I decided to fill the rest of the 75 gallon with rock (already had 40 pounds of rock cycling, just added 30 pounds of dry rock)

QUESTIONS:
- How long should I wait before moving my corals over?
- What fish should I start with? I will be moving my clowns over at some point but not the six line
- Is the tank okay to add fish to since I just added 30lbs dry rock? The initial 40# is already cycled.
- I am starting to have my ugly phase with GHA, should I add a small CUC?

My first fish ideas:
- Herbivorous Blenny
- Goby shrimp pair
- Fang blenny
- Some sort of Hawkfish
- Royal Gramma

Which would be best? Since I already have my ugly GHA phase starting.. maybe herbivore?

See pics below:

Initially:

Today:

 

[blaxsun]

1. If the rock has been cycled, right away.
2. Whatever order you can catch them in.
3. Yes, as the 40lbs of cycled rock is probably far in excess of what you had in your Biocube.
4. Cleanup crew can be moved over right away as well. If there's not enough algae to eat do make sure you supplement them with food (seaweed).

 

[rja]

1. If the rock has been cycled, right away.
2. Whatever order you can catch them in.
3. Yes, as the 40lbs of cycled rock is probably far in excess of what you had in your Biocube.
4. Cleanup crew can be moved over right away as well. If there's not enough algae to eat do make sure you supplement them with food (seaweed).

There has been bits of GHA already forming in the tank. Thankfully, I added a few snails and they are already at work! Hopefully the little amount of ocean rock I used mitigates the GHA.

I went to the LFS yesterday and my eyes caught a Chalk Basslet. Decided to go with her for my first fish in this tank. I will see how everything goes and hopefully add everything else over they next few weeks. In no rush