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intdes
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I have had a FOWLR tank for about 6 years now. Most recently, I had a snowflake eel that never came out except to eat. He was living in a piece of live rock and he just stopped eating. I think he got to fat for the holes in the rock... Anyway, he died several months ago and the tank has had just the cleaning crew in it. About a week ago, I was adding water as I have seahorses on hold at the LFS. Unfortunately, the tank was leaking somewhere. (The carpet surrounding the tank was soaked!) I took the tank apart, the live rock went into a large holding tank and the sand was kept in the tank with a few inches of water to cover it.
I bought a 29g biocube the other day and put the sand from the original tank in it. I also took the ceramic rings out of the original canister filter and put them with the bioballs, bringing me to my first question.
Since only the tank is new, it's already cycled correct?
I tested the water from the original tank before adding it to the new tank and ammonia and trites are 0 with less than 10 trates.
I was going to transfer the live rock into the new tank this week (was waiting on the water to fill). I have a RO that is VERY slow and didn't want the rock to dry out in the new tank.
Is there any issues with transferring the rock?
Lastly, the LFS is going to extend the hold on the seahorses, as I want to make sure the new tank is ready.
Any suggestions?
I bought a 29g biocube the other day and put the sand from the original tank in it. I also took the ceramic rings out of the original canister filter and put them with the bioballs, bringing me to my first question.
Since only the tank is new, it's already cycled correct?
I tested the water from the original tank before adding it to the new tank and ammonia and trites are 0 with less than 10 trates.
I was going to transfer the live rock into the new tank this week (was waiting on the water to fill). I have a RO that is VERY slow and didn't want the rock to dry out in the new tank.
Is there any issues with transferring the rock?
Lastly, the LFS is going to extend the hold on the seahorses, as I want to make sure the new tank is ready.
Any suggestions?