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ok so im moving my 2 year old well estliblished tank into my new custom with custom sump. My problem is i live in a smallish compact condo and have a crazy girlfriend who hates clutter and is already not happy about a bigger tank. I really dont have the time to set up 2 tanks and wait for it to cycle, I will be putting new tank where old tank is set up so i cant set up new tank and let it run and wait.
Lemme give my spec's before asking the big question.
Current tank:
29 gal w/ 5 gal HOB skimmer/fuge
40lbs live rock
not sure how much live sand but like 1" depth
1 small/med yellow tang
1 small 6 line rass
1 small pajama cardinal
1 small/med Lawnmower blenny
LOTS OF CORALS, mostly soft a couple of torch and spawns.
2 T5's bout 150w
2 T8's bout 60w
NEW Tank:
90ish gal single corner overflow and return
30gal sump with fuge
Remora C Pro skimmer.
2x 100W power compacts (ill be adding 2 150W HQI MH 10k's)
I need to add more live sand and rock, minus the live rock from my current tank with corals attached until its safe.
Ok so back to the big question:
What is the quickest i could transfer everything if i use system water, my sand plus more live sand and about 50 lbs of live rock?
Will my new tank crash if i just transfer everything over with using system water and all live sand/rock nothing new and no new mixed water????
i think i can use my 39 gal with just the fish and a few live rock peices that has my corals on them but i think i will only get 48 hours or so until my girlfriend throws a fit lol.
I appreciate any feedbacks and i know this is a very sensitive subject and not an easy thing to do, thats y im asking u all for helps. I made another post a while back that i was gonna move it to a 55, i decided to go bigger lol. Just wondering if the bigger tank would make it harder or not possible to do.
TYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTY fellow reefers!
here is a current pic of my tank taken yesterday
Lemme give my spec's before asking the big question.
Current tank:
29 gal w/ 5 gal HOB skimmer/fuge
40lbs live rock
not sure how much live sand but like 1" depth
1 small/med yellow tang
1 small 6 line rass
1 small pajama cardinal
1 small/med Lawnmower blenny
LOTS OF CORALS, mostly soft a couple of torch and spawns.
2 T5's bout 150w
2 T8's bout 60w
NEW Tank:
90ish gal single corner overflow and return
30gal sump with fuge
Remora C Pro skimmer.
2x 100W power compacts (ill be adding 2 150W HQI MH 10k's)
I need to add more live sand and rock, minus the live rock from my current tank with corals attached until its safe.
Ok so back to the big question:
What is the quickest i could transfer everything if i use system water, my sand plus more live sand and about 50 lbs of live rock?
Will my new tank crash if i just transfer everything over with using system water and all live sand/rock nothing new and no new mixed water????
i think i can use my 39 gal with just the fish and a few live rock peices that has my corals on them but i think i will only get 48 hours or so until my girlfriend throws a fit lol.
I appreciate any feedbacks and i know this is a very sensitive subject and not an easy thing to do, thats y im asking u all for helps. I made another post a while back that i was gonna move it to a 55, i decided to go bigger lol. Just wondering if the bigger tank would make it harder or not possible to do.
TYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTY fellow reefers!
here is a current pic of my tank taken yesterday
for you