New nano start up questions

[Jon Fishman]

Couple of questions:

Bringing up new Red Sea Max Nano 20g. It’s new, filters etc have never been in use.

I started with 15 gallons of water from my current tank, Filter through a filter sock when both removed from tank and put into new tank, so ran twice through a sock basically, 25lbs of new sand rinsed in RODI, and a large 24lb (I think when they weighed it months ago) rock that was live/wet when I bought it before adding to my tank, and topped off with probably a few gallons of new saltwater. There were a couple of rock flowers that are pretty attached so they are still on the rock.

1) Will one large rock be enough?

2) How long should I let the tank run as-is before it is ready for inhabitants

3). Should I be phantom feeding it, or drop a frozen shrimp in it during this time?


Thanks

 

[Jon Fishman]

Forgot, here is rock in question

 

[flchamp89]

Enough rock... That's for you to decide. I'd want some more diversity as one rock limits the amount of coral and it's placement.

How long before stocking. No idea. I'd say when your params are processing ammonia. How long it takes would determine on lots of factors. Largely the quality of the rocks bacteria population. The water doesn't carry any. Id shut the light off and just wait out the cycle. Ghost feed, shrimp, or bottled... Your call.

 

[Jon Fishman]

So the water holds no value? I will be moving everything from my 75 to a new tank, and was hoping to move everything at at once and it would be like one big water change..... now I am second guessing that.

 

[flchamp89]

The majority of your bacteria lives on surfaces in the tank.

 

[Luno]

So the water holds no value? I will be moving everything from my 75 to a new tank, and was hoping to move everything at at once and it would be like one big water change..... now I am second guessing that.

Not a great deal, can you grab a small bit of sand from your 75 and throw it in And maybe a small rock to bring some more diversity?

It will surely take less then a scratch cycle but who knows just test.

 

[Jon Fishman]

Not a great deal, can you grab a small bit of sand from your 75 and throw it in And maybe a small rock to bring some more diversity?

It will surely take less then a scratch cycle but who knows just test.

They are different sands, and even a little may bother me in the nano because it looks so nice now!

As far as the move to my big tank, it will be bare bottom so all the rocks will move over and I was planning on adding 4-5 more large rocks, one at a time every couple weeks