Upgrading to a larger tank?

[studentdriver]

I'm currently in the process of upgrading from a 25 gallon to a tank around 200 gallon. Will be starting out wiith all cured live rocks, that's been cured in a seperate container for a while.

When does everyone think is a good time to move live stock over after tank start up? I read that you shouldn't add LPS corals before 3-4 months, Maxima Clams at least 6 months, and SPS 9-12 months. If I were to follow these guidelines, then it will take me a year to finalize moving the tank.

Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[studentdriver]

oops wrong forum!
Mods please move this to "Reef Discussion"

 

[bertoni]

Moved as requested.

 

[greech]

Your water tests will tell you when your tank is ready. You definitely want to guard against adding more sensitive animals to a new tank until you have some confidence that it is stable but I think you will be able to move those timeframes up.

I assume you mean that you are transferring corals from your current tank?

 

[Fish4Me2]

I always thought the 9-12 months for SPS was hooey, until I moved all my livestock to a new tank. We're just hitting the 12 month mark, and things are finally starting to grow like crazy and look happy again. Now, I've got AEFW to contend with, but I have to say, I'm also on the "wait for the tank to mature before adding SPS" bandwagon. I'm in the process of upgrading, and I expect that, along with eradicating the AEFW, I won't move the SPS until some time next year.

 

[peppie]

Congrats on your upgrade. IMO I would wait until the large tank is mature before I added the livestock. It seems they have a good place to live for the time being.
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