Picking up the new tank today :)

[dmbnpj]

280 Gallon

Very, very beginning stage....it will sit until I found a house to buy (lease up at the end of January 2007). Hopefully have a house by then! I found the tank used locally and can't pass up on the price I got it for.

Meanwhile I have time to plan and research....

Let me start by asking, can I use my current 75 gallon tank as the sump/refugium? Is it possible/easy to add baffles to my 75 gallon? Any recommendations on set up?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[woodwrangler]

You should easily be able to add the baffles to the 75, just make sure you allow the silicone to dry long enough. I siliconed in some baffles to a 55, let it dry 24 hours, set it all up, turned on the pumps for flow, and one by one, they broke loose. 24 hours obviously wasn't long enough. I was able to find a trick for removable baffles, which are ok, surely not the best, but they do the trick for now. Here's a link; http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_3/cav3i1/Baffles/baffles.htm
75 to 280 is a big jump, have you started accumulating other equipment yet?

 

[zaireguy]

good luck on the new project

 

[dmbnpj]

Great link...thanks!

Nope...in the process now of acquiring equipment


Next question...I bought my 75 used which already had sand in it. I added a bag of aragonite but didnt know how much sand was originally in it. I used the calculator on the home page of RC which told me I need about 450 lbs. of sand to fill this new 280 gallon with a 4"dsb? I used the default 90lb/cubic ft? Is that approx. how much I will need?

 

[dmbnpj]

Will it be possible to transfer everything from my old 75 gallon tank into the new 280 gallon? I'm wondering if I can use the existing sand which is in my 75 and transfer it into the new 280 therefore transferring everything right away to the new tank. I will have to get more sand to acquire a 4" dsb in the 280, so will I go through a cycle process again?
Is it possible to do this (using my old sand)?