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Originally Posted by tang daddy
Here is my suggestion remove the sump and place in the new spot then put the brace back. transfer water from old tank to new tank with basically everything rock sand and livestock..... then do your plumbing on your new tank which should buy you a week and in this time keep adding water like 5g a day to your tank which will give you a chance to fill it slowly as for lights just rig them up so they work and then worry about perfecting them afterwards. oh yea and the question about leaks with the overflow? you can dump buckets through your overflow to see if there
are any leaks..... if youve done plumbing before then you know to do things right the first time, use extra glue so there are tight seals and the rest is history, only thing that might complicate things is if you have a cl system and in which case transfer the sump first anyways do plumbing and then transfer everything over then start filling slowly like 30g every few days and you're golden!  |
Well the lights are already hung and ready to go basically since they are different from my current ones. The tank is not plumbed completely yet but is about 80% done already. The stand just needs a last coat of paint and is done...so all in all, its all almost there.
I like your idea though of doing the transfer by moving the current stuff over and then adding 5G of new water or so a day. The only thing I worry about is whether the sand will cause a new cycle or not but I am only transferring the top inch or so of sand....this time I really don't want much sand in the tank.
Thanks!