New Reefscape dry rocks in 100 gallons without move animals

[Tony73]

Hello
As by object I want to change my current reefscape with a new one.
I’m bored, I’ve aiptasie, I’ve red mushrooms.

my idea is: clean all my dead rocks with water and bleach for 1 week, clean with a water and dry to the sun. Then build new reefscape and I’ll in an empty tank with current water of my aquarium and add bacteria for 1 month.

after that I’ll remove live rocks from my tank and substitute with new reefscape.

I’ve fish,lps and sps.

my concerns is: which bacteria suggest to use for new reefscape? Brightwell xlm or 7?
ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?

kind regards
Tony

 

[OfficeReefer]

Hi @Tony73, I have used 7 with success but not for cycling a tank. My understanding is the break in takes a week for XLM whereas with Fritz TurboStart 900, it's a weekend.

I like Brightwell products, not sure I would use it in your case. You could add Berghia Nudibranches, filefish and peppermint shrimp for the aiptasia and in hindsight, consider at least one in your new tank to avoid them again.