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Originally Posted by lastlight
So I'm adding salt in a few hours to the new tank and I'll be getting those params all balanced out in the next day or so. I was wondering if my plan of attack is sound for the livestock transfer?
1) Don't plan to move any old water over. Bacteria are not in the water column but on the rocks. My thinking is that If I move my four rocks over into the new tank submerged in buckets there will be no die-off and everyone should be fine.
2) I have some new sand still I can toss in the new tank but not enough. I'd like to transfer my sandbed over too as only now is it starting to really develop a more diverse collection of critters in there. After my rock, fish and corals are out I was planning on just netting a bit of sand at a time, swishing it about in the water to remove detritus and putting it into the new tank. The sand is no more than 1" deep anywhere in the tank. I figure swishing it gently will preserve all the worms and pods in the sandbed.
3) Let the new tank run like this for a couple weeks and then add a new rock to the tank every week or so for maybe a month. I plan to add maybe 4 new rocks to the tank.
What's everyone's thought on this plan?
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Plan looks sound to me. Have you thought about just "cooking" the new rock in a rubbermaid on its own (if its uncured) to make it easier on the tank when you add it? If its cured, its no bother really, I've added cured rock before without any problems (except for the zillion crab hitchhikers that appeared in the coming months
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I'd still move some of the old water over, but thats just me. I always took that water out first and didn't put anything in with it.