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06-25-2008, 03:56 AM
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Marie I would like to go the new route but I know my wife Willow would not like it to take to long with two tanks running. The whole reason she is ok with the new tank is because the 65 is right out side our bedroom. The vibration the tank makes gets amplified through the wall and is louder in the bedroom. So I could only wait about two weeks. I don't think I could get a good cycle in that time to take my bioload of the 65. This is the reason I want to use the aged or dirty change water to cut down on the cycle or cut it out completely. Also sorry to here about the marine velvet. Would be very frustrating to loose your fish to that. Especially is the new tank should be exciting not disappointing. Sarah sounds like yours was none eventfull just time consumming.
Thanks for the info. Keep it comming. Chris 
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06-25-2008, 04:08 AM
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There shouldn't be much of a cycle at all as all you're adding is new water and because the new rock/sand is dry I wouldn't imagine you'll see much of a cycle at all as there is no life pn the rock or sand to die off and create one.
Your tank critters will appreciate the large waterchange. Each of my tank moves/swaps/upgrades have involved new water additions of 30-50% (depended on how much RODI water I could make) and polyp extension and color was always much better for the first bit after setting up the tank (probly due to increased water clarity).
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06-25-2008, 04:20 AM
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The reason i wanted it to cycle was because when I moved the rock over i hoped the bacteria would help hold the sand down and not make it hard to see where i was puting the rock. It sorta worked
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06-25-2008, 04:45 AM
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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
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06-25-2008, 06:06 AM
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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!
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06-25-2008, 03:21 PM
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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
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06-25-2008, 03:31 PM
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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).
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