Converting from Fresh to Salt

[Joe]

My son want's to convert his 25g fresh to salt F.O. He has a bio-wheel and a Fluval 204. Will the bacteria survive the transition or should he start with new bio-media?
Thanks

Joe

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"The President is aware of what is going on. That's not to say there is something going on."

[Mikeman]

hmmmm.... very good question, the fact really remains do you want the freshwater bactera? Another good question is that your son is going to find it very hard not to put in 20 fish in that tank or mean big fish like trigger, I would reccomend making it a fowlr, and get maybe a dottyback, and a pair of clowns, then when he gets is own job upgrade the lighting and make it a reef, also what kind of lighting does the tank have right now? He may be able to make a very limited soft coral/shroom reef tank(which I have)

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Mikeman

Heros are like muffins when things get hot, they rise to the top.

[blue]

Since mikeman went totally off topic ill help you out[img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]
The bactria in freshwater is diffrent than in saltwater. I had two bio wheel filter and a fluval 304 on a fresh water tank befor i converted all i did was rinse them good filled the tank with saltwater added a skimmer and stuck a couple of damsels in to cycle the tank. It worked fine and still works great today. JME
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Think befor you speak or dont speak at all!!!

[Mikeman]

thought I'd worn him before he's becomes one of us [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

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Mikeman

Heros are like muffins when things get hot, they rise to the top.

[blue]

Mikeman i belive joe has a 110 reef so i thin he is one of use already [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

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Think befor you speak or dont speak at all!!!

[Mikeman]

Nooooo he can't be saved [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

I really need to start looking at the profile, sorry Joe

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Mikeman

Humans are like parasites if you think about it, every other animal has found its niche, except us who just drain our host until its a lifeless shell......

[Biomanjcs72]

^^^ What Blue said. Just give them a good rinse, add a skimmer and recycle the tank. (I'm assuming you are changing the substrate from gravel to CC or sand?) [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

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JCS
"Too much of everything is just enough." Hunter/Weir

[Joe]

NEVER MIND!!!

I bought him a Prism skimmer. Yes it will be FOWLR and an Aragamax Suger Sand substrate. Not intentionally a DSB but thirty pounds got it to about four inches deep.

Thanks

Joe

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"The President is aware of what is going on. That's not to say there is something going on."