Moving my tank. Best practices

[Alexreefer]

I recently moved my 100 gal thank as well. The main thing is NOT TO STRESS. you need to stay calm and go with your plan. Everything I have read so far seems that it will work flawlessly. Have fun and good luck. For me this was a learning experience and was fun. Good luck and always remember stay safe

 

[saullman]

I recently moved my 100 gal thank as well. The main thing is NOT TO STRESS. you need to stay calm and go with your plan. Everything I have read so far seems that it will work flawlessly. Have fun and good luck. For me this was a learning experience and was fun. Good luck and always remember stay safe

I appreciate the kind words.

 

[Bob Escher]

Gee all this good advice
I’m getting rid of my JBJ 45 and moving to a Red Sea Reefer 250. My issue is it will be in the same place as the JBJ is now. I understand the need to replace the sand but what about all the snail, inverts and good creatures in the sand ( of course bad ones too I guess?

Can I keep some of the water and why not

 

[PhreeByrd]

I hope the move goes well.
I disagree with dumping all of your old sand. There is a ton of good biomass there, and there's no reason to consider buying live sand when you already have a tank full of it. I would save a portion of the old sand and use it to seed the new sandbed. This will really jump start the development of the new sand bed. If your old sand has a lot of mulm in it, you can rinse it gently in tank water before you add it to the new sandbed.

I also disagree with discarding all or most of the old tank water. I would save at least 50% in order to reduce stress from the large water change that's going to occur.

 

[Joshua Kerstetter]

1 day.. that's funny. I've done a few transfers so far as a newbie, and you can never plan to have enough time to do it right. Personally if you've had disease or anything questionable, I'd go scorched earth. If all you really want to keep from the previous tank is coral, I've setup totes as temporary tanks complete with flow and filtration to buy the time to re setup your original tank from scratch. And yes I would still allow more than enough time for a fresh new cycle with live sand, and dead rock which is what I prefer, but you can choose whatever you want. To me, the extra 2-6 weeks waiting for a tank to really be ready is worth it, instead of having to tear it all down again later, or starting over again from scratch after having alot of death. If you're moving into a new house, plan, plan, plan, take the extra time, never rush.