question guys about moving tanks

[Montaquelaveist]

Okay guys as you've read on previous threads I'm getting a new tank this xmas a 240 to be exact i was just wondering how do i move everything from one tank to another without sending the new tank into a whole cycle and kill everything off the tank I'm moving up from is a 120 any help would be great would hate to loose all the hard work i put in the only thing i plan on changing is the substrate I'm going to straight sand bottom Black any suggestions on this as well

 

[thirty6]

Triggerman has replied to similar posts. Tank going in same spot? If not it would probably be easier. You can keep both going until 240 is ready to go or You can get livestock in holding bins like a rm 150 tote, large tank, or brutes. Move rock into new tank and scape out then fill. When clears up,place all back in. Not sure about a mini cycle, so id have heater and power heads going on holding bins. If not in same spot you might be able to pump some water from old tank into new?

 

[Lostinthedark]

When I upgraded from a 110 to a 225 I got the 225 all set with water, a sump and a new sand bed. I then put a small return pump in the new sump up to the 110 and used an overflow back down to the new sump. This hooked both systems together. I let them acclimate for a few days then I moved everything over to the new tank. No cycle and everything acted as if it was never moved.

 

[Montaquelaveist]

So i hear you guys so here is the problem im confronted with the new tank will be going into the same spot as the old one and its double the size so what i was thinking was that one month prior to me getting the tank i was gonna keep the water from my weekly water changes and just run small powerheads to keep the water moving this way i will have 80 gallons of my tank water plus the tank water from the display tank and this way what ever is left over will be just like doing a regular water change, my concern is making sure that the water will be okay sitting in buckets for one month the only thin i will be changing is im putting all sand in the bottom i liek the way the all black sand looks or the fiji pink ( it reminds me of home BERMUDA pink beach sand )

 

[kenconnect]

so i hear you guys so here is the problem im confronted with the new tank will be going into the same spot as the old one and its double the size so what i was thinking was that one month prior to me getting the tank i was gonna keep the water from my weekly water changes and just run small powerheads to keep the water moving this way i will have 80 gallons of my tank water plus the tank water from the display tank and this way what ever is left over will be just like doing a regular water change, my concern is making sure that the water will be okay sitting in buckets for one month the only thin i will be changing is im putting all sand in the bottom i liek the way the all black sand looks or the fiji pink ( it reminds me of home bermuda pink beach sand )

when i did my upgrade the i kept some water from then i did my water changes from my old tank, just make sure that u check the sal. As it will drop due to evapor. And keep a pump and heater in there. And it happen to me i still got a mini cycle any way.

And the black sand is nice but a PITA you will see every thing just sitting on the sand. But thats just M.O.

 

[winsbxnyc]

I never seen black sand is it live sand

 

[CoralMeister]

I never seen black sand is it live sand

All sand becomes "live" after sometime.


And in regards to the move, I've seen people set up rubbermaid buckets and just use a HOB skimmer and temporary light fixture until their setup is done.

 

[thirty6]

I never seen black sand is it live sand

yep,

tahitian moon or something its called
or i had salt pepper colored sand which was bought "live'

 

[Montaquelaveist]

I think I'm gonna keep four buckets from my water changes the month before i get the tank and this way ill enough water to fill the tank and not send the corals into shock and I'm not gonna get the black sand I'm gonna go with the fiji pink the grain size is smaller which is what i will need for the new fish when i get the tank