Question on tank upgrade / transfer?

SmokinReefer845 · Jan 3, 2022

i am purchasing a 150 gallon tank today. i plan to transfer everything from my well established 90 gallon this weekend but i have some concerns. i plan on moving all fish and liverock with coral to large bins with tank water and then taking all the coral-less rock and sand and place in another bin. move tank and stand out of place then set new tank up in its spot. will have proper amount of ro/di water made/mixed with salt. i was going to then just add sand, scape with my rocks (and more of course) then add all my sand as well as more new sand. dose with dr.tims 1 and only then attach my established sump. am i missing anything? this almost seems too simple and im worried. will it be okay?

Zach B · Jan 3, 2022

I think you've got it all set. With the transfer of established rocks you should have no worries. Rinse your sand if you are reusing or buy new and rinse. I know @brandon429 is an expert at this

Best of luck

Edit, obviously get your temps all set, I'm sure you know that though

Zach B · Jan 3, 2022

Congrats btw, sounds awesome. I also run a 150 dt

SmokinReefer845 · Jan 3, 2022

Zach B said:
I think you've got it all set. With the transfer of established rocks you should have no worries. Rinse your sand if you are reusing or buy new and rinse. I know @brandon429 is an expert at this Best of luck

Edit, obviously get your temps all set, I'm sure you know that though

thanks for the reply! im very excited for this upgrade

Zach B · Jan 3, 2022

SmokinReefer845 said:
thanks for the reply! im very excited for this upgrade

Absolutely! I will be following along. Feel free to pm me with any questions you may have but I'm sure the others will chime in as well

Have fun!

40g Nano · Jan 3, 2022

Zach B said:
I think you've got it all set. With the transfer of established rocks you should have no worries. Rinse your sand if you are reusing or buy new and rinse. I know @brandon429 is an expert at this Best of luck

Edit, obviously get your temps all set, I'm sure you know that though

I agree with rinsing your old sand. There’s a thread all about this somewhere.

40g Nano · Jan 3, 2022

The official NON rinsed sandbed action thread (tank transfers, sand swaps, sand additions and tank upgrades)

Ok team here it is for participants who want to test advice to not rinse your sandbed when adding sand to a new tank or swapping entire reef systems into new setups without any degree of old sandbed cleaning, this is the thread. Every action logged here will be completely unrinsed sand...

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