Tank transfer do's and don'ts

[ruha456]

nice tank wins why you breaking down bro looks like it was recently set up

 

[arnaldolex]

go to homedepot and buy like 3 20 gallon garbage cans i forgot the name i think its a brut i got its heavyduty i keep it full now for water changes. well back to u lol each one cost 20$ i think when u done kindly return them lol just rinse them out before returning lol

 

[Preerecord]

I'm in the process of doing the same thing...
I was told to get a cup full of old sand and use the new sand or wash old sand very well.
Sprinkle old sand to seed new sand. Keep as much water and it'll be like one big water change...Just make sure you have all your live rock in the tank first...

 

[BKLYN REEF]

Best advice is to be prepared and to put all livestock (corals & fish) in a big rubbermaid with a heater, powerhead and airstone until the new tank is in place.

 

[winsbxnyc]

Ok I have the big brut cans so in fine but what's a air stone

 

[al0ha]

airstone's that diffuser stone u put at the end of an bubbler to make smaller bubbles that disturb the surface of the water

 

[BaaMNYC]

That sandbed looks so new. I don't even know if you need to rinse it out. Good luck with the transfer. It is a pita and definitely takes much longer than expected.

 

[winsbxnyc]

I had that sand bed over a year I jus have a good clean up crew

 

[Weicowireman]

What are you going to do with all your coral, rock and fish?

 

[winsbxnyc]

ima gonna out then in a big container with a power head and a heater

 

[Awibrandy]

You got great advice in all the previous post. I just want to add: Have plenty of towels handy!!!! Your floors will thank you.

 

[winsbxnyc]

thanks awibrandy

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

Also be sure to have plenty of epoxy and glue to secure the corals back into place. It is also a good idea to plan your new aquascape with the rock. I recommend you read the following articles on how to make a "natural looking" aquascape following the 5-3 (golden) rule:

http://www.reefsmagazine.com/forum/reefs-magazine/100520-aesthetics-aquascaping.html

http://www.reefsmagazine.com/forum/reefs-magazine/111388-aesthetics-aquascaping-part-2-a.html

http://www.reefsmagazine.com/forum/reefs-magazine/119589-aesthetics-aquascaping-iii.html

You may also need to have some plastic tie wraps on hand to properly secure pieces of live rock.

Best,

Alfred

 

[thirty6]

Have fun wins, im itching to set up!

 

[winsbxnyc]

thirty6 u still havent set up i thought u be up by now dam and alfred where do i find that thread u was talking about

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

I provided links to the articles.

Alfred

thirty6 u still havent set up i thought u be up by now dam and alfred where do i find that thread u was talking about

 

[winsbxnyc]

lol oops i didnt even notice

 

[thirty6]

i have the tank, but life has gotten in the way again: thanfully fam is good this time, work is extremely busy with alot going on...end of january if all goes well.

howd you make out today?

 

[winsbxnyc]

i picked it up ill start setting up tommorrow

 

[piranhapat]

When you are done check your phosphate. You have a lot of green on your LR from your 75 gal. Maybe your skimmer was turn off. Cleaning sand and adding fresh batch salt water that should help with lowering it. You don't have to but I would add some kind bacteria. It will help stabilize and jump start bacteria on Clean sand. Good luck ....Blue throat will be happy in his new tank...I' m thinking of doing same upgrading to 125 or 150.