Tank Transfer question Input Please!

[John_A]

Hi I have a aquapod thats been up and running for awhile now and its started leaking have patched it best I can but it has started again and I cant stop it this time My question is if I pull rock,sand,fish,snails,hermits and what few zoas are in the tank out and put them into a new tank temp untill I can finish up working on my 125 will everything be ok? any certian way I should do it? I am up for a water change tomorrow anyway so I was going to use the old tank water and just add the new water too it instead of all new water

 

[eyebedam]

As long as your temp stays stable & your sg is a match your plan is golden.

 

[NeveSSL]

Personally, I would probably not do the sand, depending on how old and/or clean it is. Reason being that sand usually is a crap trap, unless its shallow and often stirred by critters.

I would grab everything but (including the old water) and put it in whatever you have.

In short, I wouldn't do the sand and I wouldn't do all new water.

Brandon

 

[John_A]

tank has been up 13 months sand is pretty clean each water change I blow it up stir it around No DSB

 

[John_A]

I really would like to keep the sand as its got alot of life and also would like to in the end finally transfer it into the 125 as well

 

[undertcontrolj]

I have moved tanks three times and always keep the sand. I would think it would be okay. But everyones feeding pattern and fish stock varies. I only had two small fish all the times I have moved.

 

[orthokardia]

I rinsed my 5yr old sand (reef special grade) and reused it from when the office tank overheated and it worked fine. I was going to reuse some other sand. but it was way to fine to rinse well. so i guess my experience has been it depends on the coarseness of the sand. i would expect very coarse sand like crushed coral might even have big enough pours to hold macro sized junk that would not ne washable.

just my thoughts,
-bart

 

[ameares8]

Moving to my new tank a few weeks ago, I learned to DOUBLE CHECK SALINITY. I payed big for that mistake.

 

[John_A]

Well the only fish I have are 2 clowns and like I said a few zoas I didnt wanna end up adding more to the tank once I started to noticed it leaking and end up with a bigger problem on my hands down the road now I am glad I waited

 

[John_A]

What can I use for a good filter while they are in the new tank? The only thing I was using on the aquapod was filterfloss but ofcourse I had te false backwall to work with

 

[rumble]

How much live rock do you have? From what I've heard, if you have 1.5 to 2lbs of live rock/live sand per gallon of water, all you need is pumps to keep water flowing through the rocks and keep waste and uneaten food from settling on the sand. I found with my biocube 14 that it was pretty stable running without any filter media (although I did leave the sponge in place to keep my pump from getting clogged).

 

[John_A]

I've got from what I remember about 40lbs give or take Im running without filter media just sand and rock so we shall see

 

[andywe]

Reef special grade sand? Bart, please explain....what makes this sand so special compared to many sands that we get from the ocean?

 

[poolkeeper1]

Andy, That's the Name Of that particular sand grade I believe! But I could be wrong!
Bill