chrisncarrieb
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I transferred my 46 gal bowfront to a 90 gal. In the 46 I had 2 powerheads, and a HOB filter. On the 90 I have an overflow, wet/dry, 3 power heads and have been running the HOB mainly for healthy bacteria.
Well I will turn off the powerheads when feeding sometimes if I want to spot feed my anemone, or give my star, Flo (feather duster), and crabs a nice meaty treat...but I dont do it every day. But I do typically keep the filter running...which can make it hard sometimes to spot feet the smaller/lighter pieces of treats.
I have had the 90 gal set up for about 12 days now....everything has been transferred over for 9 days. I have not seen any kind of spikes or mini-cycles...testing at least every other day. I think my existing media has done a great job so far. I had about 50lbs of live aroganite sand and about 30lbs of live rock along with the HOB bio-wheel, and even sponges on the intakes of the powerheads.
I guess my first question...is it safe to assume I am out of the woods for any mini-cycle? I've read and have been told if you do a 75% water change you are still not loosing even 10% of your beneficial bacteria...which is basically what I did.
Second question...I am not seeing ANY extra food, or deterius settling on the bottom of the tank on the sand. Could I have TOO MUCH circulation? Do my crabs, snails, dusters, (heck I guess even bristle worms) need some dirt?
Well I will turn off the powerheads when feeding sometimes if I want to spot feed my anemone, or give my star, Flo (feather duster), and crabs a nice meaty treat...but I dont do it every day. But I do typically keep the filter running...which can make it hard sometimes to spot feet the smaller/lighter pieces of treats.
I have had the 90 gal set up for about 12 days now....everything has been transferred over for 9 days. I have not seen any kind of spikes or mini-cycles...testing at least every other day. I think my existing media has done a great job so far. I had about 50lbs of live aroganite sand and about 30lbs of live rock along with the HOB bio-wheel, and even sponges on the intakes of the powerheads.
I guess my first question...is it safe to assume I am out of the woods for any mini-cycle? I've read and have been told if you do a 75% water change you are still not loosing even 10% of your beneficial bacteria...which is basically what I did.
Second question...I am not seeing ANY extra food, or deterius settling on the bottom of the tank on the sand. Could I have TOO MUCH circulation? Do my crabs, snails, dusters, (heck I guess even bristle worms) need some dirt?
