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Old 08-15-2005, 03:39 AM
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In my 90 ,40Ibs of live rock mounted on mixture of corals s oft,lps and sps from old tank.New r/o water with oceanic salt. Day 3 corals are doing good. I did'nt test the water yet.The question is it ok to put my Fox face as the first fish in the tank on day 7.
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Old 08-15-2005, 04:42 AM
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I think you are putting your corals at risk by cycling with them in the new tank. I had to wait 3 weeks for my nutrient levels to settle down even though I used mostly old tank water & live rock from my old tanks. Keep a very close eye on your levels because corals really are sensitive to bad water quality, such as you'll find during the cycling process.

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Old 08-27-2005, 02:15 PM
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Here is an up date

Add the foxface on day 12 , lots of bryopsis growing in the tank.So far no brown algae.
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I would be worried about the bryopsis more than brown algae - that is a real pain to get rid of and takes over very quick. The only thing that really eats it is a nudibranch and high ph to kill it off and thats over a long period of time. The foxface will eat hair algae - not bryopsis . Hopefully its just hair algae.

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Hi all
In my 90 ,40Ibs of live rock mounted on mixture of corals s oft,lps and sps from old tank.New r/o water with oceanic salt. Day 3 corals are doing good. I did'nt test the water yet.The question is it ok to put my Fox face as the first fish in the tank on day 7.
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your fine, you basicly did a water change on a tank. I would be very suprised if you saw a cycle at all as long as you only had the rock out of water for a short time.

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