Taking over established tank questions

[MizellB]

Hello All, about 7 years ago I had a 75 gal FOWLR done on such a budget I had bare minimal equipment, and I worked my TAIL off to maintain it. I eventually got rid of it for that reason...I told myself that if I ever were to get back into the hobby I would do it the right way... well the time has come that my budget now allows for it (for the most part, as I’m still a tightwad).. I have a friend of a friend selling his 180 after being in the hobby for 25 years. The equipment he has is too long to list, but the big items include: 180gallon tank 72x24x24 (euro braced, stand/canopy, cooling fans in canopy, 75gallon sump (drain, refugium, and return areas) 3 Apollo led lights with 2 spares, apex controller with 3 eb8’s, vdm and lsm modules, 2 dosing pumps, 36watt uv sterilizer, Two tunze 6105 with 7095 controller, Mag 9.5 return pump and a spare, ASM g3 skimmerTwo 500 watt heaters, about 150 lbs of LR, half that amount in DR, 3 inches of black sand in the tank, 3 inches of white sand in buckets that once was used in tank, 3 fish, auto topoff, and a ton of extras.

The tank Is running and has been slightly neglected due to him having a new son that isn’t really into it and he is doing other hobbys. I plan on using the white sand after a GOOOOD rinsing. Should I try to save the LR or should I kill it off, clean it, and use it to help cycle the tank?

[MizellB]

Backwards... I meant kill it off and clean it or keep it alive to help cycle the tank... I will be doing some changes to the tank so it’ll be a few weeks before it’s ready to run again once I move it

[Fredfish]

Unless there is some pest on the rock you need to get rid of like aptasia, keep it live. It will establish the tank much more quickly after the move.

[WLachnit]

I would also agree to keeping the LR alive. Otherwise it takes months to get the rock back to established LR


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