Moving a fluval spec 5 to a nuvo 14g

[Miatafan98]

Hey guys! fairly new to the website and reefing, I've had some decent success with keeping zoa's and LPS in my fluval spec 5 that i've had setup for just about 8 months now. I managed to snag a nuvo 14 peninsula for 100 bucks brand new from a LFS and have just been wracking my brain wondering if i would need to wait to cycle this new tank, or just transfer some of live rock, a bit of sand and my marinepure spheres then wait a few days to fully transfer over my coral, i've done a bit of research on the forums but all the posts i've read are people doing much larger tank transfers, just looking for some additional input!

 

[KingTideCorals]

Honestly, with such small amount of water volume by transferring over your rock and sand you could really have the tank cycled in essence pretty quickly. Could always dose turbo start at the beginning to make sure you are keeping up with beneficial bacteria.

 

[Miatafan98]

Thats what my thought process was, thank you for the input!

 

[mindme]

I've never "cycled" a tank after my first tank. Even my first time where I tried to cycle my tank it ended up being a waste of time. I waited, it cycled. Except it didn't really cycle to the amount I needed so when I put my livestock in, it immediately started to recycle again due to bio-load. Then I found out about starter bacteria looking up what to do about the ammonia, put some of that in and never looked back.

Now I just immediately move on to step 2 and put in the bacteria as I'm adding the fish. Never had any issues.

They all work, but I'm drawn more towards microbacter. It's such a cheap thing I don't know why anyone would still cycle a tank.

 

[Miatafan98]

I've never "cycled" a tank after my first tank. Even my first time where I tried to cycle my tank it ended up being a waste of time. I waited, it cycled. Except it didn't really cycle to the amount I needed so when I put my livestock in, it immediately started to recycle again due to bio-load. Then I found out about starter bacteria looking up what to do about the ammonia, put some of that in and never looked back.

Now I just immediately move on to step 2 and put in the bacteria as I'm adding the fish. Never had any issues.

They all work, but I'm drawn more towards microbacter. It's such a cheap thing I don't know why anyone would still cycle a tank.

Thank you! that's more than likely what i will due, however i'm not really interested in housing fish at this point (didnt have much luck with 2 previous fish) so im not sure how much of a difference that would make in the cycling process, i guess it would be more of just trying to ensure my param's dont fluctuate too crazy?