changing a fresh water to swa

[j-ro]

Im buying a fw tank and i want to convert it to a swa. now im wondering what i need to do to clean it? tell me what i should do and what i should and shouldnt use for chemicals for the cleaning process. thx

 

[j-ro]

would i be ok with just a filter for the cycle?

 

[lexluethar]

Are you wanting to use your current FW in the tank and convert it into SW? If you are draining it and just buying R/O water i don't think cleaning the tank is necessary, i did the same thing and all i did was wipe down the tank, then went and filled it up w/ R/O water - then mixed the salt in.

 

[j-ro]

so just a good little clean up job wipe off the algea and i would be fine?

 

[j-ro]

What would be a good power filter for my 66g tank? How big should i go?

 

[lexluethar]

That is all i did, just wipe up all the gravel, extra water, algea and stuff. I have only had my tank up for about 2 weeks and i haven't had any problems yet.
Concerning waterflow, i've heard you need to have enough flow to cycle the entire tank 10 - 20 times an hour (depending on what you plan to have). So look at the specs on what you want to buy and try to get a combination of powerheads equalling about 700 gph.
Once again this is just what i've read, there is a great artilce somewhere on the site about flow.