I was wondering if uv lighting killed coraline algae spores, and if it kills green hair algae and brown diatom algae? What about cynobacteria?
I was considering bleaching all my rock because there is a buncha unsightly stuff growing on it that isnt easily scraped off. I will just miss all my coraline. How long will my coraline on my glass live if i scrape a bunch of it off and keep it in a jar of saltwater. I was thinking I could blend it up in a small blender and then release it into my newly filled and newly aquascaped tank, and once it settles then turn on my sump and filters.
All my sand will stay submerged so it should remain bio active. I was thinking of buying some garf grunge to add to the sand, along with some indo pacific saltwater farms live sand activator, comes with liquid denitrifier along with, some kinda mud product, some sand activator, and pods. Heres the link to that: http://www.ipsf.com/livesand.html
How long do you think it should take to cycle the system so that I can add my fish and corals back into it? Should I wait for the coraline algae to start growing? And with this UV/canister filter I'm installing, will the coraline algae have a much better chance at surviving and spreading before any other algae blooms and takes over the surface of the aquarium. I was wondering because I can put my cleanup crew back in there to take care of it, i dont really have hair or diatom or cyno problems now, but I didnt know if it would bloom afterwords. I also wonder if I'll have to wipe off my glass everyday? Thanks a lot!