So I just upgraded from a 27 to a 65 gallon saltwater tank. I kept all my live rock and live sand but added more for the 65. I have all my snails cleaner shrimp and clown fish in a quarantine tank atm. Am I going to go through another mini cycle and how long should I wait before adding my livestock.
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You shouldn't need to wait at all. Assuming you kept your live rock and sand wet. Sure, you will have bacteria losses from the transition, just supplement this with a bottle of bio spira, or something similar. I upgraded from a 46G to a 80G, added more dry rock in addition to my existing live rock/sand, added a bottle of bacteria (bio spira), added my livestock immediately with no issue.
Then you should be fine. I swapped everything over in the same day with no issues. As long as you have a cycled and established system, supplement it with some bacteria and you should be good to go.
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About 18 days ago I upgraded from a 75 to a 125, kept everything wet and I even rinsed my sand with fresh water. Within the same day I had all of my livestock in the new tank. I had them all in a 30 gallon and did a long acclimation (about 1.5 hrs) moving water from my 125 to the 30 and back to the 125. No problems!!
I suppose it could, but its hard to say. Not sure how much water movement you'd get through your system. I'm pro canister, but I run canisters as a stand alone filtration pared with skimmers/reactors, not as a return pump. You could try it, hard to say how it would work. I think you'd be better off getting a DC return pump. Keep in mind UV sterilizers have to be much larger than most people think, to even make a small difference. So, it might not even be worth implementing...
