I will be transferring from my 20h to my new 20l and I need some advice on exactly how to do so in one day. I was planning on doing the following:
1. Drain 10 gallons from the 20h into a 10 gallon holding tank and place all corals and fish in the 10 gallon tank.
2. Drain the remaining water from the 20H into a bucket then move the tank off the stand.
3. Put the new 20l on the stand and add the 35 lbs of LR from the 20h to the 20l
4. Add new, rinsed CaribSea sugar fine sand to the 20l with LR and seed with a few cups of my old sand.
5. Add the 10 gallons of water from the 10 gallon tank with the corals to the 20l
6. Add the corals to the 20l.
7. Put 5-7 gallons fresh new SW to the 20l
9. All done!!
What do you all think of that plan? I figure it will certainly take a few hours to get through. So will I be expecting a cycle of any kind? I will be monitoring the water super closely but the way I look at it, it's like I'm just doing a big water change because I will be using my established HOB filter in the 20l as well as my good LR. Any advice you can offer so I can get this done in one session is greatly appreciated!! Thank You!!
1. Drain 10 gallons from the 20h into a 10 gallon holding tank and place all corals and fish in the 10 gallon tank.
2. Drain the remaining water from the 20H into a bucket then move the tank off the stand.
3. Put the new 20l on the stand and add the 35 lbs of LR from the 20h to the 20l
4. Add new, rinsed CaribSea sugar fine sand to the 20l with LR and seed with a few cups of my old sand.
5. Add the 10 gallons of water from the 10 gallon tank with the corals to the 20l
6. Add the corals to the 20l.
7. Put 5-7 gallons fresh new SW to the 20l
9. All done!!
What do you all think of that plan? I figure it will certainly take a few hours to get through. So will I be expecting a cycle of any kind? I will be monitoring the water super closely but the way I look at it, it's like I'm just doing a big water change because I will be using my established HOB filter in the 20l as well as my good LR. Any advice you can offer so I can get this done in one session is greatly appreciated!! Thank You!!