How to convert from 20gal brackish to saltwater?
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san fran right?
yea if you dont need corals, then that lights cool.
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yea if you dont need corals, then that lights cool.
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yes but like 70 miles south. I just finished up, took about 3 hours or 4. I bought 50 bls of playsand from OSH for $5 and I used about half. My sandbed it about 2.5-3 inches deep. I will constantly check water and I'm going to my LFS to return the shrimp. It's 5 mns away o if fish get in need, they will go too. We will see..
Sincerely, an actual marine sand of aragonite isn't going to be all that expensive for a 20g tank. There are things that will cost far more in a SW setup.
The thing is you want an ammonia spike to occur. As Bob has said the bacteria is not the same in SW and FW (I have no idea about brackish). So if you need the ammonia to spike in order to make sure the tank can handle an ammonia source. This is going to be very important in a 20g (nano) marine tank where a little change in water parameters, bioload, etc. can cause a sudden change rapidly. Sudden rapid changes are NEVER good in a marine tank.
The Southdown play sand has a good reputation with reefers. Not sure about other brands.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there will be an ammonia spike as the gravel in my tank was not too numerous and also I had tons of decoration to carry the beneficial bacteria including two filter making up of three sponges and a biological media. My fish and still doing great. Ahhaa I didn't see the southdown playsand at OSH, I got quikrete playsand. I'm sure it's almost all the same stuff these playsands'... But maybe not...
Again, the bacteria for FW is not the same as the bacteria for SW so it doesn't matter if one has kind of bacteria for the other. And because of this you do want a spike to be sure that the new bacteria is established enough to handle the new tank, especially in a nano.
yeah that's totally true. The thing is though that I didn't go directly from fresh to salt, but from fresh to brack to salt throughout a period. I have not had any fish die during the change and even amano shrimp made it. I took them to my LFS though today. The bacteria had time to change from fresh to brack to salt so its not a big step from fresh to salt.
