Tank swap today

[johniii]

After a long wait I'll be swapping my 72 gallon reef into my 220 today.
Any suggestions to make it easier. I am going to drip all fish and coral into the new system.

 

[fishlips]

I will be following this one.Are you using the water out of you 72gal

 

[reefkeeper]

Get yourself a bottle of Seachem Stabilty. I've done this many of times and this stuff is a life safer.

 

[johniii]

All new water. Got the stability yesterday.

 

[reefkeeper]

The other thing I can recommend is not going out and loading up the new size tank with all new animals. Give the system some time to age and be patient. Patients is a virtue in this hobby. If you rush things....YOU"LL BE SORRY!!

 

[johniii]

Reefkeeper;838954 wrote: The other thing I can recommend is not going out and loading up the new size tank with all new animals. Give the system some time to age and be patient. Patients is a virtue in this hobby. If you rush things....YOU"LL BE SORRY!!

Only live stock will be my 9 small fish in my 72 and the coral. All the rock in my 72 goes in too.
All new fish will be qted for a atleast 2 weeks

 

[reefkeeper]

JohnIII;838964 wrote: Only live stock will be my 9 small fish in my 72 and the coral. All the rock in my 72 goes in too.
All new fish will be qted for a atleast 2 weeks

Cool Beans!!

 

[braselton4]

Lots and lots of alcohol should get you through it just fine...Good Luck!!!

 

[brisco15]

I shook my live rock off in a bucket of saltwater prior to putting in new tank. It clouded a lot less then prior times were I just did tank to tank swaps.

 

[eagle9252]

when i went from the 75 to the 100 stock tank and then to the 120. i treated it like a large wc. made sure temp and sg was the same and then to 75% of the water from the smaller tank and used it so i never dripped or anything and it went smooth. i moved about a gallon of sand from the 75 to the stock tank and then only about a quart to the 120. i did remove all the pods in the water that was in the sump from the 75 to the 120.

i still use stability in every wc every week

 

[johniii]

Well here it is minus the canopy.
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[rdnelson]

JohnIII;838945 wrote: After a long wait I'll be swapping my 72 gallon reef into my 220 today.
Any suggestions to make it easier. I am going to drip all fish and coral into the new system.

Best way to make it easy???? Bring it all to me .

Bout time you get this moving!!!!

 

[sewer urchin]

10 and 1/2 hours... you go boy!

I bet it feels good to be done.

 

[johniii]

leveldrummer;839181 wrote: holy crap john, how did you fit all that rock in a 72? lol

the new setup looks great.

I had 100# cooking in a tote. Another 100# in the 72.

 

[johniii]

Sewer Urchin;839143 wrote: 10 and 1/2 hours... you go boy!

I bet it feels good to be done.

Really about 7. Had to install a led kit in my friends biocube while the fish and sps was dripping