Tank to Tank Move

The tank to tank move starts tomorrow. Looking forward to aquascaping the new tank and arranging all the corals in it. Not looking forward to all the hard work:-/ Hopefully the livestock doesn't stress out too much.

 

good luck Travis

is the new tank going into same location as existing tank ?
if so it means you need temp accomodation, while you strip, move, and then replace new tank

throw out the existing sand and that will reduce the chances of parameter issues IME

Steve

 

I agree about the sand. I did both last year, I moved up from a 65g to a 120g in the same spot. That was rough in that the 65 had to be totally broken down. Then I moved up from the 120 to a 210 with the 210 on another wall. If you have any questions about the move just pm me and I'll be glad to add my input. Good luck!

 

Yeah I have a really big rubbermaid for my corals and fish. Going to pump that full of water add my back heater to it and run a smaller PH on it. Then I'm going to fill my Brute Trashcan up with the rest of my water and put my LR in it. I was going to leave my existing sand in my tank with a little of water and use that to rinse it off. Then throw that in buckets while I set the new tank up. I might buy new sand then though, after seeing the few comments. Do I have to buy all live sand because thats going to be pricy?

Travis

 

Nah, just take a cup of your old sand, and put it on top of any aragonite sand of the right particle size.

 

Ok that sounds easy enough. Do I need to hit a LFS for aragonite sand or will Home Depot sell that stuff?

 

go to the LFS, dont use the HD sand..

 

I did this with new sand as well. As said above, I used a little of my old sand to seed the new (not live) sand. The transition went smoother than expected. Good luck, it's a PIA, but worth it!!!

 

So the fun begins of the transfer, here we go.

 

New tank is aquascaped, sand added, and so is water. Tank is up to the right temp, just letting it clear up. Really like the aquascaping I achieved.