New tank Comment/Questions...

[fraggle]

All-

Thanks to all of you I just got my first nano-reef going. I have kept a 55g, but I sold it due to having to move. I got a bit of a delay on my nano, since I had to go to Okinawa for almost a month, so my tank sat unstirred (not to my knowledge, my fiance turned it off) for almost a month, and I ordered my rock while I was in Japan to be delivered today, so that I could get started.

Well, I got back, and my whole tank is covered in film (is it salt?), and my rock was delivered, so I got the film off as best as I could, and had to stir the southdown a bit (now my tank is a mess again), and put in my rock. The salinity is stable at 1.023, so hopefully I am not going to kill this rock. I also have my 1x96w coralife going. This is a 12g. 12lb's Marshall Island. I just hope I am not off to a bad start. How often should I do my water changes with this new rock in there? It was uncured rock, but I don't see hardly any die off....
Thanks!

 

[Len]

If the tank was left with standing water for several weeks, it may have experienced a bacterial or protozoan bloom which would account for the film. I would advise doing several large water changes since this is only a nano tank - 3 or 4 50% water changes would work well to dilute any problems. Make sure to have good circulation in the tank now that you have live rock in there. It's never a good idea to let water stand still.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.