donald altman
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hey gang.. I need some advice.
I am upgrading a 50 gallon tank to a 100 gallon tank.
The 50 gallon currently sets in a room that is due to be a nursery
in just a few months. I was going to just try and move the tank but decided this would be the perfect time to go ahead and upgrade .. since it was also going to be a display tank in my living room instead of a grow out homemade looking tank in my back office.
Currently I have a full stocked 50 gallon with refugium 4 inch dsb
and 3 small blue with yellow tail damsels.
I have a good bit of corals too. Due to time restraints
I am trying to fnid the best way to go about moving the tank over to the new one. I want Ease of course and I also want to preserve my inhabitants.
So far I have built up 3 inches of new sterilized sand in the tank and have filled it half with mixed water and have pumps on.
I am to the point that I need to figure out the rest.
Ideally the best I know would probably cycle the 100 gallon fully
and in a month or so move the 50 gallons contents into the 100.
However I don't have a month to get this done.
What are my chances of in one swoop moving sand refugium and my rock into the tank then using the 50 gallons water to top the 100 off? And giving the damels to the fish store?
Will I have a good shot at very minuimal lose.. will I more then likely loose a bunch of stuff ?
I mainly have pretty hardy corals... alot have been frags off frags that have been mailed to me and done just fine in a newer tank when I first set the 50 up a couple of years ago.
I do not have room to keep both tanks going at the same time for very long.. maybe a week or two....
could chunk some refugium rock into the 100 gallon and a coctail shrimp and let it be for a week and see if I can get a minicycle
that might better the chances of a move?
let me know I need some advice.
I am upgrading a 50 gallon tank to a 100 gallon tank.
The 50 gallon currently sets in a room that is due to be a nursery
in just a few months. I was going to just try and move the tank but decided this would be the perfect time to go ahead and upgrade .. since it was also going to be a display tank in my living room instead of a grow out homemade looking tank in my back office.
Currently I have a full stocked 50 gallon with refugium 4 inch dsb
and 3 small blue with yellow tail damsels.
I have a good bit of corals too. Due to time restraints
I am trying to fnid the best way to go about moving the tank over to the new one. I want Ease of course and I also want to preserve my inhabitants.
So far I have built up 3 inches of new sterilized sand in the tank and have filled it half with mixed water and have pumps on.
I am to the point that I need to figure out the rest.
Ideally the best I know would probably cycle the 100 gallon fully
and in a month or so move the 50 gallons contents into the 100.
However I don't have a month to get this done.
What are my chances of in one swoop moving sand refugium and my rock into the tank then using the 50 gallons water to top the 100 off? And giving the damels to the fish store?
Will I have a good shot at very minuimal lose.. will I more then likely loose a bunch of stuff ?
I mainly have pretty hardy corals... alot have been frags off frags that have been mailed to me and done just fine in a newer tank when I first set the 50 up a couple of years ago.
I do not have room to keep both tanks going at the same time for very long.. maybe a week or two....
could chunk some refugium rock into the 100 gallon and a coctail shrimp and let it be for a week and see if I can get a minicycle
that might better the chances of a move?
let me know I need some advice.
CaptiveReef
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