Miz26 tear down?

Cycle the new tank without lights?

That's my plan :) Figured by time the lights arrive tank should be ready for corals.

Sounds like you're ready to go! Be sure to take pics of the dismantling of the 26... and share them with us.

Tom

Will do Tom. Thanks everyone for the input. I'm pretty sad about the condition of the 26 :( But lessons learned. I do believe I may incorporate cleaning my sand bed once in a while.

Every time I do water changes, I siphon out the gravel in my 180.

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Originally Posted by FlynnFish

Every time I do water changes, I siphon out the gravel in my 180.

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I did that in my 75 gallon, but as Tom can attest from helping me a couple weeks ago, there was a spot we found that was so anaerobic that it had black gunk in it. It was 10 years worth of stuff. Now the drilled 75 is bare bottom.

The new tank after a week or so had some nitrates but only about 2 or 3.

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Originally Posted by Tom@HaslettMI

Cycle the new tank without lights?

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Lights are not really needed to cycle a tank. I would suggest you do cycle the tank with a enzyme product that also encourages an ammonia spike. I used enzyme 9 from Marcos rocks worked awesome !

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Originally Posted by FlynnFish

Every time I do water changes, I siphon out the gravel in my 180.

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++1 I siphon mine every month !! Great advice

^+1. On getting the rubber maid tub . Do it yourself , you'll be better off in the long run. 150$ will get you bucket of salt and rubber maid tub