Vinegar is cheap so I would run 2 or 3 gallons just to be on the safe side. And yes, I would just use tap water. Let it run for a few hours and it should take care of everything.
That is a harder question than I expected. I have been trying to do some research and what I have found is interesting. Bottom line is that since we are talking about a very small amount of copper in 24g of water, it will work. The down side with citric acid is that it only readily combines with copper oxide where vinegar will combine with pure copper and copper oxide. The good news is that since it is still an acid, at a 10% concentration it will break down most other copper compounds and release the copper into the water allowing it to be flushed out.
when setting up your quarantine tank, If you choose not to use DT water. Does the water to be cycled?
The vast majority of bacteria live on hard surfaces. Using tank water makes only a slight difference compared to using freshly mixed salt.
Thank you, Humblefish! That's exactly the information I needed!@SallyWho You have to tailor a feeding regimen around whatever coral/invert you are QTing. For example:
- Astraea, cerith, nerite, trochus snails will need nori & algae wafers for supplemental feeding; whereas a more carnivorous snail (such as Nassarius sp.) will appreciate small slivers of raw table shrimp, mysis shrimp, etc. In fact, IME most snails will eat shrimp, scallops and other "meats". Hermit crabs eat just about anything.
- Crustaceans can be target fed table shrimp, mysis, LRS/Rod's. Also, once you see a crustacean molt he is good to go to put in the DT, as any tomonts will be on the shedded exoskeleton.
- Soft corals are usually good with just light, but you can target feed LPS (at night when their sweepers are out) or dose amino acids, oyster eggs, Cyclopeeze, etc. for SPS.
