been keeping marine fish casually for 20 years or so, with great success, but am no expert. Got out of it for a while as i moved to a new home, and recently started back up. My question: I currently have a 40 gallon kit i received as a gift. Set it up in January 09. It came with just an aqua-tech cartridge filter. My past tanks have all had undergravel filters, with great success. Like an idiot, i never installed an undergravel in this new tank. I really wanted to get an undergravel in this tank in addition to the standard filter but for some reason forgot to when i set it up. Now the tank has been running fine since january- Am I crazy to think that i can carefully, without shocking the tenants, move the water and tenants out to a temp tank, for an hour or so while i remove the crushed coral, install an undergravel filter, and reload the tank? Is this worth it? if so should i rinse the gravel, are there other considerations?
I have a small dominoe, a banded coral shrimp, two snails, a small hermit crab, serpent star, and two very, very nice pieces of live rock i got from big doug on route 22. I also recently noticed a healthy crop of copepods. What do you guys think? should i try this or just leave it be. sorry for the long post.
I have a small dominoe, a banded coral shrimp, two snails, a small hermit crab, serpent star, and two very, very nice pieces of live rock i got from big doug on route 22. I also recently noticed a healthy crop of copepods. What do you guys think? should i try this or just leave it be. sorry for the long post.