zafirablanca
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Hi Everybody!
Here's the question:
I am recieving all of the live sand and half of the live rock for my 125 gallon tank tomorrow. This will be a reef tank. The guy at the place who sold it to me said to watch the ammonia levels and be ready for some serious water changes if necessary. May not be needed, just be ready. OK, I get that.
But here is the deal: I have had saltwater in my tank for the last 2 months along with a two inch layer of Carib Sea aragonite oolitic sand. I cycled the tank with 3 grocery store shrimp back when I put the water and sand in. (figured couldn't hurt)
I was thinking that instead of throwing out all of the water that I displace when I place the sand and rock in the tank, I could save it. I could heat it and aerate it, like new saltawter, but this would be premixed and aged already. Then I could use this water for the potential water changes.
Could I do this? Any thoughts? I would appreciate any comments, as the LR guy wanted me to make new saltwater today to use for water changes later.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
-Christine
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Here's the question:
I am recieving all of the live sand and half of the live rock for my 125 gallon tank tomorrow. This will be a reef tank. The guy at the place who sold it to me said to watch the ammonia levels and be ready for some serious water changes if necessary. May not be needed, just be ready. OK, I get that.
But here is the deal: I have had saltwater in my tank for the last 2 months along with a two inch layer of Carib Sea aragonite oolitic sand. I cycled the tank with 3 grocery store shrimp back when I put the water and sand in. (figured couldn't hurt)
I was thinking that instead of throwing out all of the water that I displace when I place the sand and rock in the tank, I could save it. I could heat it and aerate it, like new saltawter, but this would be premixed and aged already. Then I could use this water for the potential water changes.
Could I do this? Any thoughts? I would appreciate any comments, as the LR guy wanted me to make new saltwater today to use for water changes later.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
-Christine