- Location
- LONG ISLAND NEW YORK
I have about 40-50lbs of liverock that has been in my 29 gallon biocube for 1.5 years. In my new 60 cube build I would like to reuse the rock because they are covered in corals, but I have some hair and bubble algae on the rocks right now. I know in the current tank I have higher than ideal phosphates and nitrates that I've been battling since the beginning, but have been going down. I converted the back chambers into a small fuge.
I want to use my 50 lbs of liverock and add about 25-50lbs of dry marco rock. I want to cycle the tank with the dry rock and a small piece of live rock for seeding purposes and then once that has cycled, put the remaining rock into the new tank. (existing tank is in eastern LI and new tank will be in Boston so look for a tank moving advice thread in the future)
If I keep my trates and phos down and start up pretty good sized fuge while manually removing as much of the nuisance algae as I can every couple of days, will the hair and bubble algae start to go away or will it eventually spread all around the tank? I plan to add a couple of emerald crabs to help with it, but I have used emeralds in the past with mixed results in algae removal.
The other option would be to chip off all corals and then boil my rock and cycle with all dry rock for a while. I am concerned that when the corals are introduced to the new tank, the nuisance algae will most likely be on the corals and still get into the system. Would this be better because there would be less introduced in the beginning and would be easier to manage?
Any advice would be appreciated!!!
I want to use my 50 lbs of liverock and add about 25-50lbs of dry marco rock. I want to cycle the tank with the dry rock and a small piece of live rock for seeding purposes and then once that has cycled, put the remaining rock into the new tank. (existing tank is in eastern LI and new tank will be in Boston so look for a tank moving advice thread in the future)
If I keep my trates and phos down and start up pretty good sized fuge while manually removing as much of the nuisance algae as I can every couple of days, will the hair and bubble algae start to go away or will it eventually spread all around the tank? I plan to add a couple of emerald crabs to help with it, but I have used emeralds in the past with mixed results in algae removal.
The other option would be to chip off all corals and then boil my rock and cycle with all dry rock for a while. I am concerned that when the corals are introduced to the new tank, the nuisance algae will most likely be on the corals and still get into the system. Would this be better because there would be less introduced in the beginning and would be easier to manage?
Any advice would be appreciated!!!
