Upgrading 29 to 65 & coral id

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  1. maxter

    maxter Flamingo Tongue

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    hello m new to the hobby my old tank is a biocube 29 with only 2 months running (dnt buy used) and i found a leak now m upgrading to a 65 gallon and need to know what is the best way to do it i have 3 green chromis 1 yellow tang and a clean crew ALSO i have one ricordea florida and two unknown coral (id pleasE) ...

    ps: i really don't have time to cycle again the biocube start leaking by one corner and now found another leak in the other corner m worry the whole tank going to break a part ,
     
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Move everything over with the sand and rock, have a decent amount of made up SW available. Get any one of the cycling products by Dr.Tim or Microbacter7. Feed lightly, test every day, do water changes as indicated by any detectable ammonia level. Get some Prime or equiv if you see a full on cycle and use as directed. Cycling a new tank by adding cured live rock and seeded sand at the same time having live stock is called a soft cycle. You use water changes to preserve the live stock and prevent dangerous levels of ammonia and nitrites.

    Good Luck, at least you are not moving a bunch of sensitive corals.
     
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    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Oh yeah there is no image of corals to be ID'd sorry.
     
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  6. maxter

    maxter Flamingo Tongue

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    my bad sorry heres the pic

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    The one on the right is a duncan and the other are mushrooms.
     
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  9. maxter

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    Coraline here's the cycling products i bought in my lfs but idk the reputation and you also can see the leak in the picture :S

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    thank you, the red one i bought by mistake actually i wanted the ricordea florida