spiked09
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I am currently cycling my first SW tank, I started it on Sunday. It's 55gal, with 30lbs of LR.
I am awaiting a new tank as the used one I have now is pretty scratched up and I didn't notice how bad it was until the dust settled from my new sand.
Anyhoo. I am going to proceed with my cycle in my current tank as my new one won't be ready for 2 weeks. I am planning on adding 10-20 more pounds of LR this weekend as well.
Because this is a new tank, my first one and my current tank is used (who knows what is lingering around in it) I have decided that when I get my new tank I am going to change 100% of the water while I am at it. The water I am going to be using to fill the new tank will be very cool/cold as I have no way to heat 55 gals prior to filling the tank. As I stated above I don't want to use the current water so it will be going down the toilet.
I will need to put the sand and rocks into my new tank before filling it with water. Is the new cold/cool water going to shock the hell out of my LR? will it possibly harm it, kill it? If so does anybody have any suggestion of how I can avoid this?
On a seperate topic...
Because my first cycle is getting under way I am starting to get some algae growth on my rocks, as expected. My LFS suggested that once I started to see the growth I should start getting a cleaning crew. How long should I wait before getting some snails etc. and will the new tank move play havoc on them?
I am awaiting a new tank as the used one I have now is pretty scratched up and I didn't notice how bad it was until the dust settled from my new sand.
Anyhoo. I am going to proceed with my cycle in my current tank as my new one won't be ready for 2 weeks. I am planning on adding 10-20 more pounds of LR this weekend as well.
Because this is a new tank, my first one and my current tank is used (who knows what is lingering around in it) I have decided that when I get my new tank I am going to change 100% of the water while I am at it. The water I am going to be using to fill the new tank will be very cool/cold as I have no way to heat 55 gals prior to filling the tank. As I stated above I don't want to use the current water so it will be going down the toilet.
I will need to put the sand and rocks into my new tank before filling it with water. Is the new cold/cool water going to shock the hell out of my LR? will it possibly harm it, kill it? If so does anybody have any suggestion of how I can avoid this?
On a seperate topic...
Because my first cycle is getting under way I am starting to get some algae growth on my rocks, as expected. My LFS suggested that once I started to see the growth I should start getting a cleaning crew. How long should I wait before getting some snails etc. and will the new tank move play havoc on them?