The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread

OLS · 02-23-2012, 01:15 PM

I also like the idea of taking her tank to it's new place, leaving everything in there and just filling with perfect water.
The fish will appreciate the water, the algae will slowly disappear, and the SHOCK value will be minimal, getting you
cycled up good in about a week. You should get a brown diatom bloom after 4-8 days, and once that clears, you
should see real die-off on the hair algae. And like scott said, you can pull 80% of it off by hand and then let the
rest just fade away. Once you get it cleaned up the easy way, then you can start thinking about risking life
forms in it. But for a month I'd just let snails and hermits run around in there, and of course, your 3 fish.
The move alone is going to be a jolt, I'd keep it to a minimum or you will be out of business for over a month,
maybe well over a month.

But you might want to install a three phase RO filter under your sink, they are about 120 bucks at Lowe's
and they should keep pumping out relatively pure water for 6 months on a set of filters. Once you start
letting the filters go a year, or just pouring tap water in, you will have just what your friend had, a big mess.

02-23-2012, 01:15 PM	#11
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread I also like the idea of taking her tank to it's new place, leaving everything in there and just filling with perfect water. The fish will appreciate the water, the algae will slowly disappear, and the SHOCK value will be minimal, getting you cycled up good in about a week. You should get a brown diatom bloom after 4-8 days, and once that clears, you should see real die-off on the hair algae. And like scott said, you can pull 80% of it off by hand and then let the rest just fade away. Once you get it cleaned up the easy way, then you can start thinking about risking life forms in it. But for a month I'd just let snails and hermits run around in there, and of course, your 3 fish. The move alone is going to be a jolt, I'd keep it to a minimum or you will be out of business for over a month, maybe well over a month. But you might want to install a three phase RO filter under your sink, they are about 120 bucks at Lowe's and they should keep pumping out relatively pure water for 6 months on a set of filters. Once you start letting the filters go a year, or just pouring tap water in, you will have just what your friend had, a big mess.