Moving from one tank to another.

[Chowder]

I'm mostly worried about my SPS in the change. All my fish are healthy. I also know the fish will enjoy the extra swimming room. Your right Christy it would be like a large water change. I guess I worry about the new tank syndrome.
Chris

[Chaloupa]

It only took that long so that we could move the new tank into place and glue all the plumbing together (and I'm a freak about making sure it is not leaking) and doing a full tank leak check.....it was really really easy, and no cycle at all...that we noticed. All fish were out and swimming after about an hour....and the anemones (7) were fine. It was sooo simple!

[Chowder]

I figured it would take a long time as well. I have a few rocks that have alot of mushrooms that have grown out of the rock. I still want to keep the rock so I am going to have to chip them off as I move them out of the old tank. I also have a few SPS that have encrusted the rock that will need to be removed as well. All this will be quite time consumming.
Chris

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by jkhchris

I figured it would take a long time as well. I have a few rocks that have alot of mushrooms that have grown out of the rock. I still want to keep the rock so I am going to have to chip them off as I move them out of the old tank. I also have a few SPS that have encrusted the rock that will need to be removed as well. All this will be quite time consumming.
Chris

Oh definitely, even without all the fiddly parts its still a good 6 hours from start to finish and that was the fastest I'd ever done it without moving from one house to another. By then I was pretty good at it though (I ripped my tank down 3 times in one year battling dinoflagellates).

[Chowder]

Is there any way other then scrubbing and a good swish in a bucket to get rock cleaned quickly in the transfer?

[Jason McK]

Chris, Could you pressure wash the rock?
have it in salt water then pull it out spray it with a pressure washer then right back into SW?

J

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Jason McK

Chris, Could you pressure wash the rock?
have it in salt water then pull it out spray it with a pressure washer then right back into SW?

J

Even if you take it outside, quickly pressure wash it with regular water, then swish it around in some saltwater and put it back in the tank you won't see much if any of a cycle. I've done it twice with success