StevePhx
Active Member
Looking for some opinions on a plan to move over my live rock and SPS from my old tank to my new tank.
Old tank: Red Sea 525
New Tank: 310g peninsula
They are only 15 feet apart so easy to move over but planning the aquascape and coral placement in what has with with questions.
I have 80# of well aged pukani and branch rock that I want to use in the new setup. I purchased another 80# of marco rock.
I have 60ish SPS frags currently. Probably 10 of them are baseball to soccer ball sized and almost all of them are fully encrusted and many are so encrusted I would have to cut away 10% to 25% of the coral to get it off the rock.
My plan right now is to set up the new tank and let the marco rock cycle. I can move a Brightwell block over to ensure a solid biological base. I have a new return pump, chaeto reactor, UV and skimmer so I can run the tank fairly normally.
I would let the tank cycle for 30 to 60 days with a few fish and then add a few tester SPS for 30 days. If they do well and start to base out, I would then move all my current SPS and live rock over.
I would cut the majority of the frags of their current rock, drain the sump on the new tank so as new rock is added it will fill the sump back up.
I would aquascape at that time using e-marco-400 to bind it all together and have a drill and acrylic rods ready if needed. I will try and plan out as much of the aquascaping in my head using the old and new rock but until it is all together it is difficult to know how exactly it will go.
I'm sure others have done similar moves.
What is the best way to remove large colonies from rock? What is the best way to plan out an aquascape with old and new rock? Will colonies have any issues basing back out on new rock versus old established rock?
Thanks for all your thoughts and ideas!
Old tank: Red Sea 525
New Tank: 310g peninsula
They are only 15 feet apart so easy to move over but planning the aquascape and coral placement in what has with with questions.
I have 80# of well aged pukani and branch rock that I want to use in the new setup. I purchased another 80# of marco rock.
I have 60ish SPS frags currently. Probably 10 of them are baseball to soccer ball sized and almost all of them are fully encrusted and many are so encrusted I would have to cut away 10% to 25% of the coral to get it off the rock.
My plan right now is to set up the new tank and let the marco rock cycle. I can move a Brightwell block over to ensure a solid biological base. I have a new return pump, chaeto reactor, UV and skimmer so I can run the tank fairly normally.
I would let the tank cycle for 30 to 60 days with a few fish and then add a few tester SPS for 30 days. If they do well and start to base out, I would then move all my current SPS and live rock over.
I would cut the majority of the frags of their current rock, drain the sump on the new tank so as new rock is added it will fill the sump back up.
I would aquascape at that time using e-marco-400 to bind it all together and have a drill and acrylic rods ready if needed. I will try and plan out as much of the aquascaping in my head using the old and new rock but until it is all together it is difficult to know how exactly it will go.
I'm sure others have done similar moves.
What is the best way to remove large colonies from rock? What is the best way to plan out an aquascape with old and new rock? Will colonies have any issues basing back out on new rock versus old established rock?
Thanks for all your thoughts and ideas!
