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New Tank. Should I put contents of my nano into Refugium?

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Atif
, 08-27-2011 at 11:37 PM (2750 Views)
Firstly I'm new to Reef Addicts. I have some experience with salt water. 55G Fish + Reef. 12G Nano and currently a 6G Nano with 2 clowns mated. 2 inches of sand and LR. There are some shrooms growing on the LR and some hard green hair algae.
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I'm building a new custom 80G (360 degree view) center overflow and returns so all pipes hidden. LED's etc and a lifereef system below.



What I want to know is should I simply move all the contents of the nano into the refugium of the new set up?

1. Will it help with new tank cycling?
2. Will there be an issue with the LR still having the tough green hair algae?

Thanks
Atif

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Updated 08-28-2011 at 12:42 AM by Atif

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  1. melev's Avatar
    If you want to move the rock from your nano into the new refugium zone, that's fine. The sand should really be rinsed out to remove trapped detritus and get a fresh start. Save a cup of the live sand before rinsing to seed the clean sand once it is set up again.

    Algae on the rock will probably continue to live in the refugium. That's usually not an issue for most hobbyists. Any more rock you purchase should be fully cured, look clean and smell like the ocean (not black or rotten smelling).
  2. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    That "hard green hair algae" sounds like turf algae, which is one of the best kinds to have in your refugium. It can absorb and grow on the tiniest amounts of nitrate and phosephate. But as I'm sure you know is also hard to harvest off the rocks.

    And if you are patient and want to save money, you could aquascape your new tank with dry base rock, and use your existing live rock to seed it. In 6 months it'll all be live rock. You just have to be very patient about stocking the tank till then.

    Phil
  3. Atif's Avatar
    Great. Thx for advise. This project will take some time. New tank is being built in LA. I need to have a system that is pretty low maint as my wife will not help when I'm on biz trips. Will start to upload pictures when i start to assemble!
  4. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    We'll look forward to seeing those pictures then.
  5. Atif's Avatar
    Parts are starting to flow in .... I will document the progress and up load the pictures.