Nitrates

If you keep doing frequent small water changes I don't think it would hurt anything. A small cycle is to be expected when transferring LR like that.

 

I feed Oyster Feast. My corals are really showing growth with it.

 

Did you stir up your sand when you moved? That can be a very bad thing to do if you don't rinse it really good before adding it back...

 

I would do one larger water change and then every couple of days do smaller water changes intil nitrates have gone back down to zero.

 

You can also start a bio pellet reactor which can help to mitigate nitrates as well...

--AJ

 

doesn't it take like 4-8 weeks for the pellets to start holding enough bacteria to do any good?

 

Now I read this! (I was just at your store Saturday, I could have asked you then) I recently moved a 72 gallon to my 75 gallon, without rinsing the sand and now I am fighting High nitrates.  I kept as much water as I could and kept all the live rock submerged during the move.  I kept most of the sand as a deep sand bed in my sump (40 gallon breeder) while adding some to my main tank.  I have been doing water changes 15 gallons every 2-3 days.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ray

 

I would recommend tons of water changes, but not quite 15 gallons every 2-3 days. That's a LOT of new water! If you take out too much of the bacteria in water changes, you're going to get into other problems than just hair algae. Eliminate as much of the hair algae as possible. If you leave it in there, it just "fuels" itself. Even if you remove the nutrients it requires to grow, it will die off and it's byproducts from die off will fuel more hair algae. Fun, isn't it!
Also, I'd just like to add, it's not my store, I just work there. Anemones, Clowns & Corals is owned by Craig Johnston(xroads).