nickbuol
Member
I have 100 pounds of southdown sand, and 60 pounds of CaribSea's Arag Alive in my 75 gallon. I have the 100 pounds of sand sitting in a large tub (with saltwater, a heater, and powerhead). I added some crushed coral from my main tank that has been running for 1 year (this was part of a UGF/Crushed Coral swap to Live Sand project)...
Anyway, that sat in the tub for about 2 weeks with some "sludge" from my LFS's live rock curing tank, as well as 30 pounds of cured live rock from the LFS.
When we did the swap last weekend, I put the "preseeded" southdown in the tank (after we tore it all apart), and tried to put in a few ministars that I managed to get out of the crushed coral. I then put the 60 pounds of arag-alive on top, and lightly mixed the top couple of inches just a little bit. We already had 75 pounds of live rock in the tank, and then I added the new 30 pounds that was in the tub of sand, so we have 105 pounds now.
I have some nassarius snails on their way to help mix the sand, but my question is this:
Is that enough seeding, or do I need a detrivore kit?
My nitrates are nice and low, the lowest they have been in months, my nitrites are 0, and my ammonia is right at 0.1 (it was at 0 before the swap), but I have been doing daily 10% watter changes and have added ammo-lock2 to help de-tox the ammonia until everything kicks back in.
If I need a detrivore kit, whose do I go with? Inland Aquatics or IPSF (Indo-Pacific Sea Farm)?
They both offer different types of packages, both would run me about another $100.
Please advise me if you can as I don't want to sepnd the money if I don't have too, but don't want my system to crash either.
PS. The switch from UGF/crushed coral took place last Friday (4 days ago).
Anyway, that sat in the tub for about 2 weeks with some "sludge" from my LFS's live rock curing tank, as well as 30 pounds of cured live rock from the LFS.
When we did the swap last weekend, I put the "preseeded" southdown in the tank (after we tore it all apart), and tried to put in a few ministars that I managed to get out of the crushed coral. I then put the 60 pounds of arag-alive on top, and lightly mixed the top couple of inches just a little bit. We already had 75 pounds of live rock in the tank, and then I added the new 30 pounds that was in the tub of sand, so we have 105 pounds now.
I have some nassarius snails on their way to help mix the sand, but my question is this:
Is that enough seeding, or do I need a detrivore kit?
My nitrates are nice and low, the lowest they have been in months, my nitrites are 0, and my ammonia is right at 0.1 (it was at 0 before the swap), but I have been doing daily 10% watter changes and have added ammo-lock2 to help de-tox the ammonia until everything kicks back in.
If I need a detrivore kit, whose do I go with? Inland Aquatics or IPSF (Indo-Pacific Sea Farm)?
They both offer different types of packages, both would run me about another $100.
Please advise me if you can as I don't want to sepnd the money if I don't have too, but don't want my system to crash either.
PS. The switch from UGF/crushed coral took place last Friday (4 days ago).
