Well i think it's finally time to upgrade my 75 gallon. And i'm nervous.. I'm going to have to use all the rock from my current system in the tank i'm upgrading too. I can't find a way i'll be able to upgrade without having to lose all my fish.. Can somebody please give me some experience on how you guys have done this..?
Upgrading my tank..
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Crobattt;753067 wrote: oh and i'm happy, i was confirmed as an honor graduate at my school for this year
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wouldn't that cause an uproar in my sand bed and basically cause a cycle?
Don't move the sand. Start over with new sand. Or rinse the heck out of the old before putting it in the new tank.
I'm in the process of going from a 75 to a 120. I only used about 20oz cup of old sand
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Edit: live sand does not cost much more than dry and you dont have to wash all of the dust out of it.
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Edit: live sand does not cost much more than dry and you dont have to wash all of the dust out of it.
Yup, I agree. Toss the old sand. I don't believe you will have a cycle using new live sand but dry sand would be fine. Your rock should have plenty of bacteria built up to handle everything. Just give it at least a few weeks or maybe a month before you add any additional livestock once the new tank is up and running. By that time, the new sand will have populated with bacteria. As Eagle said, using a cup of old sand will help to populate the new sand.
Yes, I agree with him... if you use new sand and your old live rock you will be fine. The rock is what cycles, so as long it is established you can move it from one tank to another and not have to worry.
Last year I upgraded to a 150 gallon tank. I put new sand in the new tank, as well as a new batch of salt water. I then took all the rock, fish, and coral out of the old system and dumped them into the new. Easy as can be
Just try to ensure that the specific gravity and temp are similar from your old tank to the new so as to minimize stress on the fish.
JeffMuse;753165 wrote: Yes, I agree with him... if you use new sand and your old live rock you will be fine. The rock is what cycles, so as long it is established you can move it from one tank to another and not have to worry.
Last year I upgraded to a 150 gallon tank. I put new sand in the new tank, as well as a new batch of salt water. I then took all the rock, fish, and coral out of the old system and dumped them into the new. Easy as can be
Just try to ensure that the specific gravity and temp are similar from your old tank to the new so as to minimize stress on the fish.
Think of this as "A very large water change". No different at all.
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Buy a big bottle of microbacter 7. The Aviarium has 2L, 500ml, and 250ml in stock. Then you will have no worries.
When I moved from my 50 to my 93, I tossed the old sand, bought a lot of additional rock, and a 2L bottle of microbacter7. I set up new filtration as well, however I continued to run the old filtration for another month or so. No problems!
When I moved from my 50 to my 93, I tossed the old sand, bought a lot of additional rock, and a 2L bottle of microbacter7. I set up new filtration as well, however I continued to run the old filtration for another month or so. No problems!
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