I have a 3gal tank with 10ish Opae, some macroalgae, about an inch of sand, and several pieces of lava rock in it. I also have a 10gal tank, empty, and I want to put them in that tank. Additionally, I have a couple of nerite snails in a separate (freshwater) tank.
My plan is this:
1: set up new tank with a little under 7 gallons of appropriately salty water, add sand.
2: gently spread sand from old tank across surface of new sand, add rocks and algae from old tank
3: transfer shrimp and all old water to new tank
4: allow tank to sit until algae grows on walls
5: acclimate nerites over the course of a few hours and put 'em in.
That should work fine, right?
Also, I have some found-on-a-beach coral rock sitting in water, separate from everything else. How long does beach-find rock have to be cured to be safe to add to an existing tank with shrimp? A month or so? Until it's covered in algae?
My plan is this:
1: set up new tank with a little under 7 gallons of appropriately salty water, add sand.
2: gently spread sand from old tank across surface of new sand, add rocks and algae from old tank
3: transfer shrimp and all old water to new tank
4: allow tank to sit until algae grows on walls
5: acclimate nerites over the course of a few hours and put 'em in.
That should work fine, right?
Also, I have some found-on-a-beach coral rock sitting in water, separate from everything else. How long does beach-find rock have to be cured to be safe to add to an existing tank with shrimp? A month or so? Until it's covered in algae?