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tgoeujon
02-21-2009, 03:57 PM
im going to do my swap over today but im not sure what needs to be done. temp and salinity are equal in both tanks, do i need to acclimate? ive been takin pics all through the build so ill start a thread soon. oh yeah i havent had any issues in awhile so if someone could remind me what causes red slime and how i get rid of it thatd be great:biggrin:
tgoeujon
02-21-2009, 07:40 PM
bump
tgoeujon
02-21-2009, 07:48 PM
i should probably mention that the new tank has been running with a few fish for 3 months if that bit of info helps.
mark
02-21-2009, 07:55 PM
when I moved fr my old to new tank I acclimatized and would do so again if moving, specially after experiences like this (http://216.187.96.54/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=49678)
tgoeujon
02-21-2009, 07:58 PM
how do i acclimate big chunks of coral encrusted live rock?
Keri
02-21-2009, 08:06 PM
When I moved my 65+27g tanks into the new 120 I drip acclimated the fish for about an hour, the inverts for 2 hours, the SPS not at all, the LPS with the inverts and softies got thrown in willy-nilly (along with straggler crabs and snails that I didn't find the first time around. ) I figure it doesn't hurt to be extra careful and the only thig I lost was a digi that had been looking terrible anyhow. My parameters were pretty close on all 3 tanks but I figure this accounts for differences we can't test for.


I didn't acclimate big chunks of rock, I didn't have the enwergy at that point!

Best of luck!
tgoeujon
02-21-2009, 11:59 PM
half way there and i definately didnt plan this as well as i thought. turns out 175 pounds of rock with coral everywhere is gonna be a b*&^h to fit in. anyone in the area lookin for any mushrooms? or monti cap frags? or possibly zoas?
tgoeujon
02-22-2009, 03:09 AM
everythings been in for 2 hours so far and i have never seen polyp extension like this before:biggrin: hopefully it stays this way. another big plus is it only took my pair of percs 1 minute to find there new carpet anemone. ill start puttin pics on tomorrow when i start the build thread.:biggrin:
Jack
02-22-2009, 07:20 AM
What I have done in the past is frequent water swaps between the two tanks.