Upgrade questions...

I'm thinking of upgrading my 75 to a 180. What if any issues should I worry about with my livestock?

 

Will the new 180 be placed where your 75 is currently at? If so, then you would break the 75 down as if you were moving. Your livestock will be fine in a temporary container, and you can use your live rock for your biological filtration.

Just provide water flow, heater and it doesn't hurt to add air stones to oxygenate the water. Corals will be fine without any lights for awhile. Your corals will be stressed so use carbon. Save as much saltwater as you can and be prepared to do water changes.

Dan

 

I just went from a 55 gallon to a 210 gallon. Like mentioned above decide where the new tank is going. If it's going where the old tank is and you have tile drain the tank down and move it then put drained water back in to keep the live rock covered.

Get some tubs you can put water in for your live rock you will need a few. Do this as you may end up redoing the rock work several times and you will need to keep the rock wet.

Put the fish in buckets with lids. Would suggest not to use clear buckets as it may stress them out. I ran an air stone and put a few small pieces of live rock in with them.

Are you putting in new sand or using new and old sand? If using only new ok, but add a few cups of old over top of it but be sure to rinse it out in old tank water after you get your fish out. What I did was use a fish net and got my sand out and swished it to get the gunk out. Didn't completely clean it but it helped.

Be sure to turn off pumps before you start tearing it apart will make it easier.

Not sure how you will be mixing your new water if in the tank or in buckets, but once in the tank put in a powerhead to keep the water moving at least until you get it all set up and ready to turn on the pumps.

 

Great advice. I would add that ou will want a lot more rock so if the tank is in a new spot maybe put te dry sand/rock in and fi it most of the way and let things settle and even cycle before moving your inhabitants. You can seed the dry stuff with a piece or two from the old tank