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01-06-2009, 03:26 AM
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Yes it should be safe to move all in one day.....I went from a 77Gal to a 230Gal with no die off....Just put all the water you have been saving in the tank with the base rock...then when your ready to move transfer as much water as possible to the 160Gal then move all the non coral rock then move fish nad finally your corals.....Make sure you have the water heated and moving in the 160Gal
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01-06-2009, 03:39 AM
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I moved from a 75g tank and separate 33g crammed full of LR to a 200g (total system) in a day without problems.
Ideally should setup the 160g with the base rock, new salt water and some old then let it get established before adding the stuff from the 40g. I'd skip the sand, though maybe add some off the top for seeding.
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01-06-2009, 05:25 AM
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As said, use a few cups of the old sand to help seed the new sand. If you want to use the old sand rinse it and let it dry out. Keep it for top-off sand for when you end up siphoning some sand out.
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01-06-2009, 03:31 AM
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Yes, aquapon 35. Bought if off of my father's friend. He charged me 40 bucks for what it took to paint my tank. Any thoughts on how to move. I think I'm going to make up some RO/DI saltwater in the tank, check params - If they check out ok then i'm going to put the base rock in the new tank. Once it is aquascaped I'm going to check params again. If they check out and are close to the old tank I'm going to frequently (every day or two) do small water changes (2 gallons) between the two tanks in order to get the water from the tanks exactly the same - should take maybe a week or two at most. During this time I'm going to slowly, one or two cups at a time move the LS from the old tank as well. Once all the LS from the old tank is in the new tank I'll move over the LR and livestock as well as old equipment until the new tank stabilizes. Then remove the equipment from the old tank a couple weeks down the road as the new equipment should be broken in by then. Any thoughts?
EDIT: Thanks Krazy (Kevin)!
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