Bigger tank: ugly phase?

[pseudorand]

I'm thinking of getting a bigger tank. I'll transfer all my rock and critters to it, along with some new dry rock.

Will the new tank go through the ugly phase, it will it inherit the maturity of my existing setup?

 

[brahm]

Somewhere in between. In my experience anytime I move tanks, change tanks, expand a system, or in general do some sort of "large" scale disturbance, I get some sort of mini-cycle.