to big?

[jon1985]

Hello,
I just started my first marine tank about a month ago. It came to me as a trade for some of my reptile stuff. I was refered to this forum by a member of a reptile forum I am on.
Currently I only have a 10 gallon setup as thats what he had. It has some live rock, 2 small clown fish (the nemo kind) and white sand on the bottom, Im not sure if it live sand or not. I talked to a friend of mine who has been into saltwater for a long time and he suggested getting some cleaner crew to help keep it clean. So I added 1 sand sifter star fish about 3" across, 1 erchin about ping pong ball size, 1 enemone crab, 1 scarlett legged crab and 1 peppermint shrimp.
Well I am talking to someone right now who is looking to get rid of a large, 100 gallon I beleive, tank for a very good price. It would have everything I need to run it, skimmers, power heads, sump, lights, and some live sand and a small amount of rock. My question is would I be ok moving my current setup into this larger setup without stressing out the fish? I know with reptiles to much space can stress them out, is this true of fish?
I would slowly add more to the tank as money was available, but dont want to stress the fish in the meantime. I assume I would need to add more cleaners as its a bigger tank but they are relatively cheap.

Any advice is welcome. Thank you.

 

[jbird69]

The more room the better.
I would caution you about adding things slowly or you migh just get a prolonged cycle.

Ideally, you should keep your 10g running, set up the 100, fill it with 100lbs of live sand, 100-150lbs live rock, saltwater and let it cycle for 6 weeks til your ammonia, nitrite and nitrates are in check. Then You can pretty much move everything out of the 10 into the 100.
If I found a smokin deal on a 100g like that, Id be on it in a heartbeat.

 

[ryansweet]

I agree with jbird. I have a 44gal up and running and I just got a great deal on a 150gal. I just got water in it and started the "cycle" period. When that is done all my guys from the 44gal are getting a bigger home(with a few additions of course).

 

[reefscape15]

Agreed, the bigger the better. The creatures you have in there will love the larger new home. As for the sand sifter, i think you were talked into this without knowing how long they will last. They need a well established sandbed for food, and a HUGE tank, as they will eat all the food out of your sand, and it may not grow back fast enough to sustain it. I don't think it will last too long. Sorry for the bad news

 

[jon1985]

Thanks for the responses. I will have to work on the sand and rock. Is there some sort of quarentine I should do when introducing rock or sand from one aquarium to another? Any way to sustain the sand sifter?

 

[loosecannon]

It`s better to ask how to keep it alive before you bring them home to DIE! I would take it back with the urhin . Lfs just whan`t to sell to you ! They don`t care if it lives or dies! But we do here and were glad to help if we can. When it comes to your tank , the 100 gal. would be sweet!

 

[reefscape15]

agreed, try to take it back to LFS