Sorry this is long, but having all of this livestock from the MACNA tank has messed up all of my planning. I want to see if this new plan sounds like it will work to everyone or if I should do something else.
I have two running tanks right now.
One is a 58g with a DSB(deep sand bed). Going well lots of biological filtration and can handle a good bioload well.
The other is the MACNA 70g tank with no DSB. Thin layer of crushed coral, nice LR, Canister filter and mechanical filtration in sump. Lots of water quality issues, not much biological filtration, lots of livestock, new setup, every kind of alge imaginable everywhere.
I am setting up a 120g with a 100g sump an the basement, a SSB(shallow sand bed) in the tank, and a refugium with a DSB in the basement.
I want to use the 70g as the refugium and DSB location.
If I transfer all of the liverock from the 70 and a little from the 58, and transfer the canister filter and machanical filtration and most of the water will I have an OK setup to put all of the corals and fish right into? My theory is that I'll have the same filtration capability that the 70g has right now right away and the bioload will actually be a bit lower because I'll catch some of the fish I want to sell. The filtration will only get better with macro in the refugium and as the DSB comes online.
I have two running tanks right now.
One is a 58g with a DSB(deep sand bed). Going well lots of biological filtration and can handle a good bioload well.
The other is the MACNA 70g tank with no DSB. Thin layer of crushed coral, nice LR, Canister filter and mechanical filtration in sump. Lots of water quality issues, not much biological filtration, lots of livestock, new setup, every kind of alge imaginable everywhere.
I am setting up a 120g with a 100g sump an the basement, a SSB(shallow sand bed) in the tank, and a refugium with a DSB in the basement.
I want to use the 70g as the refugium and DSB location.
If I transfer all of the liverock from the 70 and a little from the 58, and transfer the canister filter and machanical filtration and most of the water will I have an OK setup to put all of the corals and fish right into? My theory is that I'll have the same filtration capability that the 70g has right now right away and the bioload will actually be a bit lower because I'll catch some of the fish I want to sell. The filtration will only get better with macro in the refugium and as the DSB comes online.