Best way to transfer a 65 gallon tank to a 120 without issues?

[anthony]

Im trying to decide how to move everything pluse new rock and water from my current 65 over to my 120. Im trying to avoid any issues that might harm the fish and corals I currently have in the 65 and dont want to restart the cycle..

 

[shanepike]

How long has the 65 been running?

 

[hzheng33]

Im trying to decide how to move everything pluse new rock and water from my current 65 over to my 120. Im trying to avoid any issues that might harm the fish and corals I currently have in the 65 and dont want to restart the cycle..

the fact that you're adding new rocks guarantees a cycle, albeit maybe a small/short one.

the recommendation i would give is have as much freshly made saltwater as possible, try to get some seasoned biomedia, and cycle those new rocks as much as possible.

 

[anthony]

the fact that you're adding new rocks guarantees a cycle, albeit maybe a small/short one.

the recommendation i would give is have as much freshly made saltwater as possible, try to get some seasoned biomedia, and cycle those new rocks as much as possible.

I even thought about just buying some more rock and adding it to the new aquarium.and instead of switching everyting over maybe just leave the old one up and start new with the new one for about 3 months to let it completly cycle on its own before moving everything over.

 

[Hunna]

I moved from a 25 to a 40, using a lot of new and a little bit of old rock, with zero issues. Get live sand, as much bio media and live rocks as you can, and as mentioned fresh saltwater. You can dose bacteria if you feel like it.

Unless you’re also doubling your livestock at the same time you are moving everything over, you should still have plenty of bio filtration from what it was previously handling. Just don’t add a ton in right away and you should be fine.

 

[dball711]

Last tank transfer I did was a 60 to an 80. I just moved everything, rock, corals, water, filter sponge, 6 bags of bio media (matrix) and 2 fresh bags of matrix, fish & inverts all in one fell swoop. No issues- this was my main SPS tank.

What every you do just keep an eye on parameters an Amonia, I also added a bottle of nitrifying media.

 

[hiimsean]

I even thought about just buying some more rock and adding it to the new aquarium.and instead of switching everyting over maybe just leave the old one up and start new with the new one for about 3 months to let it completly cycle on its own before moving everything over.

I did this but I used all new rock with my new tank and was in no rush to move things over.

 

[anthony]

I did this but I used all new rock with my new tank and was in no rush to move things over.

I know there are many ways to do this but i want to make it quick as possible without loosing livestock

 

[matticus1181]

Could you just get new dry rock (marco or equivalent) and totally dry sand, and then add all your existing live rock and sand to it in the new tank? I'd also probably add some jars of pods to help. That may prevent a big cycle. It would be essentially the equivalent of adding a new piece of dry rock to your existing tank.