New grow out tank set up

[Afish70]

I just purchased an Innovative Marine 25 Lagoon that i plan in using as a grow out/frag tank next to my current main display. My plan was to tank like 15-20 gallons of water from main display then add the remaining to fill up tank with new fresh salt water. I was planning on going bare bottom and then put in a few new pieces of rock. My thought was I would still need to add something like Dr Tim's One & Only and Dr Tim's Ammonium Chloride. I was thinking the cycle would probably take like 2 weeks if I follow the Dr Tim's method. Does that sound right? Am I missing something? Kindly advise.

 

[sarcophytonIndy]

If you could plumb both tanks together, for example use a common sump, it would really be ideal.

 

[Afish70]

If you could plumb both tanks together, for example use a common sump, it would really be ideal.

I am not running a sump for either. The new tank is an All In One so I would not be drilling or modifying it at all.

 

[sarcophytonIndy]

OK, well in that case, I would take several good sized rocks from the display and place them in the frag tank to speed up cycling. I would also place some new rocks in the display to make up for the ones you removed.

 

[carmodpg]

If you take live rock and water from the old tank and put it into your grow out tank, you shouldn’t have a cycling issue. Your old tank water, which is already cycled, is now in your new tank. I’d take the old water from the DT from water changes for a couple months and put it into the new tank.

 

[mdb_talon]

Take some good live rock and you will be ok. Water will do little to nothing for you.

 

[Azedenkae]

Yeah +1 to taking live rock from your display. There can (and probably are) some nitrifiers in your water column, but not gonna really be much. Won't really help.