Well i figured id throw this out there for the experienced folks and see what kind of feed back i got. I will be swapping tanks here in the next three to four weeks and wanted to see what advice anyone had from previous experience. Ill be going from a 72 gal to 150 gal that will be set up in the exact location as the exisiting. The lighting set up will change as well from a tek sun system 4 x 54w T5 to 3 250w x 14k phoenix with 4 t5's actnics.
Now, ill need a little time to clean up the exisiting location but my initial thoughts would be to remove all the live stock to a kiddy pool with the same water as the 72 and a powerhead,heater, etc. then move the new tank in place then replace everything. Now should i replace the sand, and if i do, i really dont want to go through that huge dusty phase with the seachem again so not sure how that will work. So my guess is to just replace all the sand with new sand or just try to wash the heck out of the seachem and add some more to the existing sand.
Someone did suggest draning majority of the water out, then moving the the 72 onto a rolling cart and move it in the corner with a powerhead where i could easy move corals over one by one.
I also heard alot of horror stories about corals dying off after an extreme change in lighting but i really dont have the option to continuously lower the halides down each day so i figure ill try to just cut down on the lighting periods at first.
One more thing, although expensive, should i add an OM 2 way to this set up? Im not sure of the huge benefit of doing so at that cost...
Any input is greatly appreciated and ill also probably need some assistance if anyone would be willing. Id provide beer and food on a saturday for whoever...
Now, ill need a little time to clean up the exisiting location but my initial thoughts would be to remove all the live stock to a kiddy pool with the same water as the 72 and a powerhead,heater, etc. then move the new tank in place then replace everything. Now should i replace the sand, and if i do, i really dont want to go through that huge dusty phase with the seachem again so not sure how that will work. So my guess is to just replace all the sand with new sand or just try to wash the heck out of the seachem and add some more to the existing sand.
Someone did suggest draning majority of the water out, then moving the the 72 onto a rolling cart and move it in the corner with a powerhead where i could easy move corals over one by one.
I also heard alot of horror stories about corals dying off after an extreme change in lighting but i really dont have the option to continuously lower the halides down each day so i figure ill try to just cut down on the lighting periods at first.
One more thing, although expensive, should i add an OM 2 way to this set up? Im not sure of the huge benefit of doing so at that cost...
Any input is greatly appreciated and ill also probably need some assistance if anyone would be willing. Id provide beer and food on a saturday for whoever...
