Help leaking tank

[tattooed]

I have had my tank for three months and it looks great, the tank is 15 years old and I found a leak tonight..have to get a new one tomorrow. How should I transfers the tanks?Please help

 

[tattooed]

It is only 23gallons, a few soft corals,snails, crabs and one shirmp
50 pounds of LR

 

[sir_dudeguy]

Personally, i'd get an even bigger tank than the one you got if at all possible. Like maybe a 40? (i love my 40 breeder )

Reason being is you've got enough rock (filtration) for a bit bigger tank (up to about 50g)

As for trasferring...i'd transfer everything but the sand. I'd try to get new sand if possible, because when you transfer sand, you can kick up a small spike that might be harmful, but if you're ready to do water changes, shouldnt matter anyways.

I'd just put all the livestock you can in containers or something, switch the rock over (after putting in old or new sand..) and then start accimating live stock (i'm assuming you've lost a bit of water by now, at which point you'll be using a lot of new water...if you hadnt lost water, i personaly wouldnt bother w/acclimation)

 

[alexb518]

put all water in buckets. transfer sand, add water and lr and then acclimate corals and inverts.

 

[tattooed]

Thanks,I am going for a bigger tank:rolleye1: It is just dripping maybe a cup every two hours

 

[Bambalam]

Now would be the PERFECT time to get a bigger tank.

I agree with both previous posts about how to move livestock.

 

[ionredline0260]

I wonder if it would be wrong to hope for a leak so you could have an excuse for an upgrade...

 

[tattooed]

It is all good.. the wife felt bad and now I can get a biiger tank without the"guilt":smokin:

 

[Bambalam]

Mission accomplished.

 

[tattooed]

Got a 37 gallon High Cube, transfered everything yesterday, water is good after 24 hours all zero's ph 8.3, . Corals look good and the live stock is doing thier job:rolleye1:

 

[Pistonkev]

Take your old tank and fix it for your sump.