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Sk8r · 09/15/2017, 12:45 PM

A: NEVER treat your dt or sump. It kills the bacteria and starts you over.
B: polystyrene buckets or even a Rubbermaid Brute trashcan, or a wastebasket with a garbage-sack liner can serve as a qt, given adequate aeration and water changes. In your situation, I'd recommend 2 Rubbermaid Brutes lined with garbage-sack and a TTM (look at the stickies) ---moving the fish to a clean new filter and tossing the water and old liner from the previous go at the recommended intervals. You'll need one more Brute for mixing the water, and a spare heater. That's a whole lot cheaper than a UV sterilizer, but you may have limited floor space for a while. At least the cans stack when not in use.

09/15/2017, 12:45 PM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	A: NEVER treat your dt or sump. It kills the bacteria and starts you over. B: polystyrene buckets or even a Rubbermaid Brute trashcan, or a wastebasket with a garbage-sack liner can serve as a qt, given adequate aeration and water changes. In your situation, I'd recommend 2 Rubbermaid Brutes lined with garbage-sack and a TTM (look at the stickies) ---moving the fish to a clean new filter and tossing the water and old liner from the previous go at the recommended intervals. You'll need one more Brute for mixing the water, and a spare heater. That's a whole lot cheaper than a UV sterilizer, but you may have limited floor space for a while. At least the cans stack when not in use. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.