Questions Upgrading to New Tank

hilde123 · 03/03/2007, 09:23 PM

I currently have a well estabilished 55 gallon system, which has the following inhabitants: 100lbs liverock, live sand, 3 clams, 1 purple tank, clownfish, various sps and lps corals. I am building a new 150 gallon tank which I want to transfer the inhabitants of my current tank to. How should I do this? Should I buy some liverock for the new tank, to cycle it, then transfer all water and inhabitants from old tank to new? Anyone have any good suggestions. Fortunately I will be able to keep both systems operating during the transition period. Thanks for the input

The Professor · 03/03/2007, 09:46 PM

When I setup my new tank I took most of my rock from established tank to cycle the new tank. There was virtually no ammonia or nitrite spikes. I still allowed about a month for the water to mature. I suppose there are a couple ways that you could do it though.

hilde123 · 03/06/2007, 05:38 PM

Anyone else have any experiences and / or tips they could share?

hilde123 · 03/06/2007, 05:38 PM

Anyone else have any experiences and / or tips they could share?

RJFich · 03/07/2007, 11:17 AM

when i upgraded i gave my fish to a friend then just put my current rock in the tank with more new stuff and waited till it was done cycling and then got my fish back

James983 · 03/07/2007, 12:41 PM

I went from a 45 to a 150. Luckily the new tank was going in a different location. This allowed me to set up, leak test and get levels good before moving day. I used Carib Sea LS in new tank and spiked ammonia for a week. I then added about 40 lbs LR that I cured in my garage. Immediately moved everything else over without any loss. I suspect if I had not used LS I probably could have done it all much sooner. One thing I did not move was the LS from my old tank. I just took a few cups from the top layer to innoculate the new system.

03/03/2007, 09:23 PM	#1
hilde123 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 625	Questions Upgrading to New Tank I currently have a well estabilished 55 gallon system, which has the following inhabitants: 100lbs liverock, live sand, 3 clams, 1 purple tank, clownfish, various sps and lps corals. I am building a new 150 gallon tank which I want to transfer the inhabitants of my current tank to. How should I do this? Should I buy some liverock for the new tank, to cycle it, then transfer all water and inhabitants from old tank to new? Anyone have any good suggestions. Fortunately I will be able to keep both systems operating during the transition period. Thanks for the input

03/03/2007, 09:46 PM	#2
The Professor Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: United States Posts: 113	When I setup my new tank I took most of my rock from established tank to cycle the new tank. There was virtually no ammonia or nitrite spikes. I still allowed about a month for the water to mature. I suppose there are a couple ways that you could do it though.

03/06/2007, 05:38 PM	#3
hilde123 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 625	Anyone else have any experiences and / or tips they could share?

03/07/2007, 11:17 AM	#5
RJFich Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 85	when i upgraded i gave my fish to a friend then just put my current rock in the tank with more new stuff and waited till it was done cycling and then got my fish back

03/07/2007, 12:41 PM	#6
James983 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,223	I went from a 45 to a 150. Luckily the new tank was going in a different location. This allowed me to set up, leak test and get levels good before moving day. I used Carib Sea LS in new tank and spiked ammonia for a week. I then added about 40 lbs LR that I cured in my garage. Immediately moved everything else over without any loss. I suspect if I had not used LS I probably could have done it all much sooner. One thing I did not move was the LS from my old tank. I just took a few cups from the top layer to innoculate the new system.