moving up to bigger tank

splateee

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Hello everyone,

I currently have a 55 gallon FOWLR tank. I have 90 gallon that i would like to setup in the current location of the 55 gallon and transfer everything to. Here is what i have.

60lbs of live rock.
2 x clown fish
2 x yellow damsels
2 x yellow tail damsels
2 x emerald crabs
a few hermits and snails for clean up crew

I would also like to add some more live rock at the same time. The rock will be already cured.

I would appreciate any ideas or info from people who have done this.

Thank you
 
Just want to make sure you know, adding the live rock, cured or not will cause some degree of a cycle. Unless by cured you mean in a seperate container where the cycle will take place.
 
I wouldn't add cured live rock. I would get some nice base rock from reeferrocks and add it.

It will be live soon enough.
 
I just moved my 55 to a 125, no casualties. What I did is I got the 125 running for three days getting temp and salinity right, close to the 55. Added two hang on filters from the 55 with xenia attached (canââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t kill it :)). I got about 45# of base rock and when the water was clear I transferred everything from the 55 LR, corals and fish, except the sand, I just used about 3 or 4 cups of sand from the 55 to start the cycle. So far so good. I didn't see a cycle or any ammonia. It's been running for a little over a week now. Don't use your sand bed, mine was really nasty after taking everything out. Good luck!
 
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