btweymouth1s
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Just bought a 125. What steps should I take with transferring everything from my 75?
Plan on adding about 50 lbs of rock to what I already have.
Plan on adding about 50 lbs of rock to what I already have.
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kegogut
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Make ALOT of extra water to have ready and on hand. RO and salt both and if your using sand either get new or rinse yours very well. You dont wanna stir up a bunch of crap and dump it in your new tank. Also you might wanna get some smart start or something similar product to help boost your bacteria in the new tank
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Mr D smack
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STLTim
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What he said. I had a horrible experience in the past by not doing this.
Mr D smack
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Prime worked for me
kegogut
Active member
Prime,Smart Start,same thing.
btweymouth1s
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How much water should I transfer from old tank to new?
Flippers4pups
Home made abyss
Al of it, except the very last of it. To keep the cycle short, because there will be one.
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btweymouth1s
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So lets say I need to add 60 gallons of new water to the 125, of that 60, how much would you expect to be ro and how much of it as salt? Im trying to get an idea of how much to make/buy
kegogut
Active member
This.
You should have the 60 gallons of salt to add to the tank AND say at least an extra 10 each of RO/Salt
makeshift101
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this is what i did on my 55 to 75 gallon switch
I made about 35/40 gallons of new Salt water (heated)
I start draining the water and removing the rock and place inside buckets and bins that have the old water in it. I start to catch fish and place them in buckets when the water level gets low enough and the rocks where out (no hiding places)
After I took all my rocks out and water to a somewhat non dirty level (cause it will be nasty) I just picked up the tank and moved it out of the way, with sand still inside.
I took new live sand and placed it in the new tank.
I started to add water from the old tank along with the new and old rocks
(as per normal, take your time, so sand isnt flying everywhere, if you do it right, you will just have a light cloudyness)
when you start moving rocks and fish the water that placed them tends to get very dirty so thats where the new water comes into play, along with adding the new volume.
When I did my upgrade, i also upgraded my sump, so i pretty much used every little bit of water because i barely had enough.
as i was adding the old water i had a heater in there to keep the water the same temp.
with the rocks in and water topped off, i made sure the salinity was good and the temp, and threw the fish back in
I had no deaths and all the fish remained happy in their bigger home
the process for me took about 6-7 stressful hours
I did a water change 2 days after, and 2 days after that to stay on the precaution side.
the next day i took the old sand placed as much as i could in 5 gallon buckets and washed the crap out of it. to save for a later time. (i ended up putting some back in the new tank as i didnt have enough)
I was using the same light, so i didnt have to worry about adjusting anything with that
I made about 35/40 gallons of new Salt water (heated)
I start draining the water and removing the rock and place inside buckets and bins that have the old water in it. I start to catch fish and place them in buckets when the water level gets low enough and the rocks where out (no hiding places)
After I took all my rocks out and water to a somewhat non dirty level (cause it will be nasty) I just picked up the tank and moved it out of the way, with sand still inside.
I took new live sand and placed it in the new tank.
I started to add water from the old tank along with the new and old rocks
(as per normal, take your time, so sand isnt flying everywhere, if you do it right, you will just have a light cloudyness)
when you start moving rocks and fish the water that placed them tends to get very dirty so thats where the new water comes into play, along with adding the new volume.
When I did my upgrade, i also upgraded my sump, so i pretty much used every little bit of water because i barely had enough.
as i was adding the old water i had a heater in there to keep the water the same temp.
with the rocks in and water topped off, i made sure the salinity was good and the temp, and threw the fish back in
I had no deaths and all the fish remained happy in their bigger home
the process for me took about 6-7 stressful hours
I did a water change 2 days after, and 2 days after that to stay on the precaution side.
the next day i took the old sand placed as much as i could in 5 gallon buckets and washed the crap out of it. to save for a later time. (i ended up putting some back in the new tank as i didnt have enough)
I was using the same light, so i didnt have to worry about adjusting anything with that
kegogut
Active member
This isnt necessarily true. If he adds all his live rock and uses some prime/smart start or w/e he shouldnt have a cycle at all.
MayoBoy
Movin' on Up
Is it going in the same location or a different location? If a different location, mix about 75 gallons of water in the new tank. Throw in a heater and some powerheads. After a day or 2 when it's up to temperature, you can start transferring the rocks and aquascape as you see fit.
Then add the sand and when it clears you can top off with existing water from your old system and add any corals that weren't attached to the rocks and your fish.
If it's going in the same location, get yourself a bunch of Brutes to mix water and hold rocks, sand, corals, fish, etc.
Then add the sand and when it clears you can top off with existing water from your old system and add any corals that weren't attached to the rocks and your fish.
If it's going in the same location, get yourself a bunch of Brutes to mix water and hold rocks, sand, corals, fish, etc.
Pife
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Your rock holds the nitrifing bacteria so it isn't necessary to re use your old water. I would try to use most of it for cost effectiveness though.
Pife
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All of it salt.
btweymouth1s
Member
Yea...definitely typed my whole question wrong. I was thinking how much extra of each I should keep on hand
btweymouth1s
Member
Different location. My plan is to add 50-60 gallons of new salt and 80ish lbs of live rock and new sand mixed with a couple cup fulls of old sand to the new tank. After a couple days i am going to transfer over the current LR then a few days later transfer livestock and old water.
does this sound legit?
Also I'm going to be using my current sump how should the sump transfer work?
