90 Gallon Reef Tank Build/Upgrade

That looks real good! Going to look real good when there is water, rocks and fish in there. Nice job.

 

I put in egg crate for bottom.

 

Coming along nicely!

 

Now I've never moved an established reef to a new tank and what I need help with is on what will be the best way to transfer all my live stock. I bought CaribSea
Dry Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade Reef Sand. Should I clean in with RO Water?

 

I did not buy live sand cause I was afraid that the tank would cycle.

 

I would just rinse it in tap water until it runs clear. That would be a waste (IMO) to use RO. I just did it myself yesterday with some new sand.

 

Thanks I will do that......
How bout as far as transferring live stock.

Do I reuse water from old system?
Rinse Live Rock in SW?
Do I need to do any acclimating?

 

There are a bunch of ways of doing it. If your water chemistry and quality were great in your old tank, then by all means reuse it in the new tank. The new water to make up the difference will be like a large water change

If you transfer over water and LR at the same time, there should not be any issues. And I would still do a quick acclimation on the livestock, as in 30 minutes or so.

 

Should I be taking the rocks out in water into the new tank? Or can I just grab and carry over to new one.

So I wanna take the water out before I move things around?

 

You will be fine if they are out of water for a few minutes.

If it was me, I would get sand in the new tank, mix up some new SW to at least make up the difference between the two, then you can move over the LR, water from the 75, and livestock.

The other way would be to install sand, and then fill with all new water. Get it up and running for a little while (one day would be fine), then transfer over LR and livestock.