downsizing. need help

Scoobaman17 · 01/24/2006, 05:31 PM

I finally got my current 2006 24 gallon nano cube in today. So now I need to ask these questions..

I want to do a nice clean transfer from my 75 reef to my 24. Most of the 75 reef will be going to my dads office but a portion I want to keep in a nano.

What I need to know is can I do a basic water change of 24 gallons from my 75 and put that straight into my 24 or would that be too much of a water change on the 75?

Last thing is the live sand. Can I just take the sand I need from my 75 or should I get new sand? I have plenty in my 75 but I don't want to do something I'm not supposed to.

Once I get the sand/water/rock I need into the nano I will run it for a few days to a week to make sure everything is how it should be so I can transfer what I want from my 75 and then take that tank to my dads office.

Thanks for responces. I could really use the help before I kill something I don't want to.
~Chase

Scoobaman17 · 01/25/2006, 12:52 AM

bump

wrott · 01/25/2006, 01:18 AM

a 33% WC is not too much, and I would add new sand to nano--add existing rock from 75 and give it a couple of days before adding animals--maybe fish first--feed sparingly and test NO2.

Scoobaman17 · 01/25/2006, 03:11 PM

Someone said to get new sand but to use some of my top layer of sand to "seed" the rest. How does this sound? also how much sand to use????

01/24/2006, 05:31 PM	#1
Scoobaman17 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 1,087	downsizing. need help I finally got my current 2006 24 gallon nano cube in today. So now I need to ask these questions.. I want to do a nice clean transfer from my 75 reef to my 24. Most of the 75 reef will be going to my dads office but a portion I want to keep in a nano. What I need to know is can I do a basic water change of 24 gallons from my 75 and put that straight into my 24 or would that be too much of a water change on the 75? Last thing is the live sand. Can I just take the sand I need from my 75 or should I get new sand? I have plenty in my 75 but I don't want to do something I'm not supposed to. Once I get the sand/water/rock I need into the nano I will run it for a few days to a week to make sure everything is how it should be so I can transfer what I want from my 75 and then take that tank to my dads office. Thanks for responces. I could really use the help before I kill something I don't want to. ~Chase __________________ "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that do not work" - Thomas Edison Current Tank Info: 75g reef, 140g reef

01/25/2006, 12:52 AM	#2
Scoobaman17 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 1,087	bump __________________ "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that do not work" - Thomas Edison Current Tank Info: 75g reef, 140g reef

01/25/2006, 01:18 AM	#3
wrott Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,912	a 33% WC is not too much, and I would add new sand to nano--add existing rock from 75 and give it a couple of days before adding animals--maybe fish first--feed sparingly and test NO2. __________________ OK, but where does the meat go! ------------------------------------------------ 120g SPS, 125g mix, 56g FOWLR, 20g qt

01/25/2006, 03:11 PM	#4
Scoobaman17 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 1,087	Someone said to get new sand but to use some of my top layer of sand to "seed" the rest. How does this sound? also how much sand to use???? __________________ "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that do not work" - Thomas Edison Current Tank Info: 75g reef, 140g reef