moving rockwork and corals to a little bigger tank

tinman

tinman

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so im gonna move my nuvo 8 gallon into a nuvo 16 gallon today ..

Question is ...

once i move everything i still would be adding like around 7 gallons of new water ..


would this be ok to the corals if i make sure the salinity and temp are same for the new water ??

whats the best way to do it ??
 
If you are moving the sand as well you are going to have a small cycle when you release all the debris that have settled in the sand. The extra water is going to help dilute that spike. I would probably move everything over, add the extra water and then do a decent water change the next day just to be safe.
 
I'd move all the water/sand/rock. After u get everything moved removed half the water and refill with all new sw
 
ColaAddict said:
Rinsing the sand will help. Or just use new sand.
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yea im planning on just moving all the rock work .. then slowly take all the water out of old one and fill the remaining water in the new tank ....

then later this week rinse the sand get some more and add more rock and sand
 
can you get some water and rock in the new tank and start it cycling first or are the tanks in the same place?
 
Herbie said:
can you get some water and rock in the new tank and start it cycling first or are the tanks in the same place?
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yes they are in the same place nate .. movingm y nuvo 8 into a nuvo 16 ...

and ill be getting completely cycled live rock to add later ..

would it be a problem even if we add cycled live rock ??
 
tinman said:
yea im planning on just moving all the rock work .. then slowly take all the water out of old one and fill the remaining water in the new tank ....

then later this week rinse the sand get some more and add more rock and sand
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If you do it this way IMO you should avoid a cycle. Just rinse the sand really good before you add it. When I went from the 29 to 65gal, I doubled everything Sand, Rock and water. I did not have a cycle. You are doing the same thing almost.
 
Siebo said:
If you do it this way IMO you should avoid a cycle. Just rinse the sand really good before you add it. When I went from the 29 to 65gal, I doubled everything Sand, Rock and water. I did not have a cycle. You are doing the same thing almost.
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Yeap

except adding that little tonga i snatched from you yesterday wayyyyyyy laaaaaaaaaater :D
Thanks Chad .. its gonna look nice in the new tank ;)
 
Phewww !!! That took longer than expected

Half of the work done

Remaining steps
Hook up rkl -tommorow
Hook up mp10 - tomm

Get more live rock and sand and get them In the tank - Saturday

Move all corals to their permanent places - all next week

Then leave it alone ......... Well adding new stuff now and then
 
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