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Old 12-23-2012, 11:39 PM
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in my experience
if you are going to reuse the sand make sure that you clean it really well..more so than just swirling it around in the tank.
I would the sand out, wash it thoroughly and put it in the new tank
when I have moved tanks in the pasts, the sand bed is what has given me troubles
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Personally though I find it such a pain to rinse all the old sand out, much easier and safer to just buy new sand.
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Old 12-24-2012, 01:08 AM
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Yes it is a PITA but cost wise it's more reasonable.
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Old 12-24-2012, 01:17 AM
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I too have done this several times. Just rinse ur old sand and keep rinsing. I use RO water but I have a huge reservoir. Keep 2-3 cups of your old sand and don't rinse that and just mix it in with the rinsed sand. Don't know about the others but I do the same with brand new sand anyways. But if one can afford to run a SW tank than sand really isnt that expensive
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Old 12-24-2012, 05:23 AM
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Thanks for the help

Spent the day moving everything and the new tank is up and kind of running. Old sandbed is still in the old tank, I may rinse it really good tomorrow but we'll see how ambitious I am. I may just buy new stuff, we'll see how tomorrow morning goes!

Back into a big(ish) tank - 75 gallons now! Feels good
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Old 12-24-2012, 05:25 AM
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Did you use the same stand the old tank was on?
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Old 12-24-2012, 06:19 AM
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I did, having an existing stand was a big driver as to the size and shape of tank I could get.

I'm hoping that this is going to be a nice compromise between the stability and versatility of a big tank without the maintenance bill of a 100+ tank.
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Old 12-24-2012, 08:29 AM
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Nice!! Where's the pics MR.
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