This is a great post. I bought a 12g NC for my son as his first adventure into FW fish. I bought a 24g DX because I wanted to consolidate 2 smaller SW tanks I had. I used some old SW, new water, packaged live sand mixed with sand from the old tank and old ceramic bio material from my canister filter (old setup). The SW tank is cycling nicely. Here are my questions:
1. I transferred over my anemone and clown - why no anemones in a NC tank?
2. I am using a half size sponge in the 1 camber / all bio balls and the ceramic material in camber 2 with carbon. I am keeping it all in place with a sponge that was originally placed there by manufacturer. Otherwise the bio balls float around in th chamber 3 - is that a problem?
3. Once the tank is stable, I want to take the remaining base rock from my old tanks (they are still running), crush them and put them in chamber 2 - do you think the LR does better than ceramic material /bio balls?
4. Is it best to remove the sponges once all is stable (same Q for the FW tank).
Thx Andrew
1. I transferred over my anemone and clown - why no anemones in a NC tank?
2. I am using a half size sponge in the 1 camber / all bio balls and the ceramic material in camber 2 with carbon. I am keeping it all in place with a sponge that was originally placed there by manufacturer. Otherwise the bio balls float around in th chamber 3 - is that a problem?
3. Once the tank is stable, I want to take the remaining base rock from my old tanks (they are still running), crush them and put them in chamber 2 - do you think the LR does better than ceramic material /bio balls?
4. Is it best to remove the sponges once all is stable (same Q for the FW tank).
Thx Andrew
