Would this be crazy or useful?

[Europhyllia]

I am starting the new tank with all dry rock and brand new dry sand.
I am getting nitrifying bacteria from Fritz.
No more caulerpa ever again!

So what do I do with fish and coral moving into the new tank after it's done cycling?

I was going to dip all corals in malachite green and then in Seachem Reef Dip. Was considering a methylene blue dip for the fish.

And then?
Since I just picked up a almost new ATI for the little 75g tank I can take as long as I want to with the move to the big tank.

I was thinking of setting up the 30g QT as an intermediary holding tank -first for the corals, then for the fish and hooking up a UV Sterilizer to it.
A couple of days in the sterilizer QT tank should kill any remaining spores.

Or are my attempts for a trouble free tank futile?

[txg8gxp]

I don't think you can ever put too much work into your tank. So, lets call it crazy useful.. :) If you are going to keep the 75g running for awhile, what is the point of the 30g, or less you wanted to pull stuff from the 75...dip it, then move it to the 30 before adding it to your new tank. Sounds like alot of stuff to setup, but there's nothing wrong with that.

[Europhyllia]

30g is mainly for existing corals and new fish, new corals (since my UV sterilizer will be much more effective on a small tank than on the 75g full with stuff

[justahobby]

Did you read that article on hydrogen peroxide? I recall sps not tolerating it, but since you don't keep those boring sticks.....

[Europhyllia]

well... it's a caribbean reef. It practically requires a staghorn, won't it?

[Europhyllia]

and maybe I should rephrase my question: do you think a couple of days in a small tank with UV sterilizer will have an impact of algae spore survival and really increase my odd of living caulerpa free happily ever after?

[justahobby]

http://www.masna.org/IntheNews/tabid/400/ID/651/Uses-for-Hydrogen-Peroxide-in-the-aquarium-Algae-Removal.aspx

Justincredible has a seperate article, but in both they talk about using a diluted solution for sps

[Europhyllia]

Interesting. Thanks. I'll consider it. Maybe test it on a couple of subjects first...

[Europhyllia]

interesting tidbit I found on the web:

Unless you are directly applying this stuff to the subject algae, it is immediately consumed once added to the tank. In the pH 8.0 or so, hydrogen peroxide is virtually (instantly) converted to water and oxygen. The oxygen, being highly reactive, is immediately consumed by whatever is in the water. Again, unless it is intimately applied to the algae, the algae never sees the oxidative effects of the peroxide.

[justahobby]

Yeah, def don't want to add it to your tank. And I'm sure it would reek havoc on the biological filtration if you dipped LR. But for treating new coming corals....

I just pulled a rubble rock with algae and placed it in HP. I'm going to let it soak for a few minutes and rinse off before replacing it. Asterinas and mini serpents floated to the top immediately! I grabbed a mini serpent within 2 seconds of being in the solution, trying to save him, but he was already dead. I could imagine it being very effective against nudis and flatworms. The pods were scrambling for dry land ( i didn't fully submerge the rock).