Hello All,
I went through a lot of posts on moving tanks but unfortunately no concrete plan appeared in my head and I do have a time constraint. Does it make sense to do both things at the same time move the tank and upgrade it?
Life of a tenant is never easy and I will be moving in roughly 2 months (same city ~30m drive). Most probably there won't be more than a week of overlap between both properties leaving me up to 7 days to transfer all the stuff, furniture and the tank. It is a small 20g nano but since an upgrade to 75g was on my mind for a long time would it be wise to combine both operations?
First though was to maximize the time now to reduce a risk of cycle later (if possible). Get new dry rock for seeding and seed it with bacteria for 2 months in a bucket.
1. Put dry (not dead) rock into a container for a month+ with some live rock from existing tank - not too much to avoid impact on the existing tank (of course SW, heater, PW etc in the bucket). Checking params weekly + feeding bacteria with household ammonia
2. Add new marine pure to the sump so it is populated in the existing tank also replacing surface of removed LR
3. Do two 50% water changes in the exiting tank a week to the move (one 7 days before, one a day before) and retain the water. Use of the same salt mix should somehow accustom corals & fish towards newer water in the old tank while old water should get the new tank closer to what they know
4. On the two month mark setup the new tank with new equipment (cannot do it before 7 days to move), get new LS, add 20g of old water from earlier changes + seeded rock from the bucket + marine pure to the new tank and fill the rest with new SW
== this is were my 7 days move window starts with the old tank still running in parallel ==
5. I would assume after 2-3 days dust should somehow settle in the new tank. This is where the rest of LR from the old tank + existing marine pure from the sump would be moved to the new tank together with inhabitants. No sand transfer, just a cup for seeding.
I would of course do Temp/PH adjustment and to level possible Alk/Ca/Mg but here is where I hope water changes prior the move should mitigate swing to some extent.
The current tank is roughly 10 months old and the things have stopped dying on me (acros & montis) about 3 months ago which I very much appreciate and for the first time I see how encrusting tissue of corals looks like!
How otherwise could I increase chances of success?
Regards,
M
I went through a lot of posts on moving tanks but unfortunately no concrete plan appeared in my head and I do have a time constraint. Does it make sense to do both things at the same time move the tank and upgrade it?
Life of a tenant is never easy and I will be moving in roughly 2 months (same city ~30m drive). Most probably there won't be more than a week of overlap between both properties leaving me up to 7 days to transfer all the stuff, furniture and the tank. It is a small 20g nano but since an upgrade to 75g was on my mind for a long time would it be wise to combine both operations?
First though was to maximize the time now to reduce a risk of cycle later (if possible). Get new dry rock for seeding and seed it with bacteria for 2 months in a bucket.
1. Put dry (not dead) rock into a container for a month+ with some live rock from existing tank - not too much to avoid impact on the existing tank (of course SW, heater, PW etc in the bucket). Checking params weekly + feeding bacteria with household ammonia
2. Add new marine pure to the sump so it is populated in the existing tank also replacing surface of removed LR
3. Do two 50% water changes in the exiting tank a week to the move (one 7 days before, one a day before) and retain the water. Use of the same salt mix should somehow accustom corals & fish towards newer water in the old tank while old water should get the new tank closer to what they know
4. On the two month mark setup the new tank with new equipment (cannot do it before 7 days to move), get new LS, add 20g of old water from earlier changes + seeded rock from the bucket + marine pure to the new tank and fill the rest with new SW
== this is were my 7 days move window starts with the old tank still running in parallel ==
5. I would assume after 2-3 days dust should somehow settle in the new tank. This is where the rest of LR from the old tank + existing marine pure from the sump would be moved to the new tank together with inhabitants. No sand transfer, just a cup for seeding.
I would of course do Temp/PH adjustment and to level possible Alk/Ca/Mg but here is where I hope water changes prior the move should mitigate swing to some extent.
The current tank is roughly 10 months old and the things have stopped dying on me (acros & montis) about 3 months ago which I very much appreciate and for the first time I see how encrusting tissue of corals looks like!
How otherwise could I increase chances of success?
Regards,
M
