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12/06/2012, 11:39 AM | #1 |
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changing tanks
The tank that I have is scratched up on the inside and I really have decided on a different shape. I was wondering if I were to get another tank would I be able to just take what is in the old tank, live rock, live rock and such and put it in the new tank or would I have to restart the whole process
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12/06/2012, 11:51 AM | #2 |
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As long as your current set up is well established and the volume of the new tank is similar, you should not have to restart the process.
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12/06/2012, 12:12 PM | #3 |
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How old is the tank? If it's fairly new it shouldn't be a problem. If it's been set up a while the sand bed will likely be full of detritus and you'll end up with a mini cycle if you just scoop it out and pop it into the new tank. When I switched tanks I used new aragonite and only tranferred a couple of cups of my live sand to the new tank to seed the aragonite.
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12/06/2012, 12:22 PM | #4 |
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Several friends have done this, and switched everything over except the sand. They added new live sand and a cup or so of their old sand to seed it and were successful with it.
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12/06/2012, 12:37 PM | #5 |
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This is good to hear and I would love to change away from the sugar sand I have
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12/06/2012, 03:51 PM | #6 |
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Yeah as long as you put new sand it shouldnt be a problem. There is a margin for losing corals but it shouldnt be that big of a margin if the parameters are close, especially salinity and alkalinity.
I did it recently with a 30 going down to a 14g Biocube. I used some of the same sand, and didnt lose anything. I did use mostly the same water too |
12/06/2012, 04:19 PM | #7 |
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I want a less scratched and a longer tank of about the same, I am mostly worried about the sebae anemone
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12/06/2012, 04:23 PM | #8 |
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12/06/2012, 04:25 PM | #9 |
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Oh yeah, no chances taken
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