Tank upgrade cycling

[150 Gallon Reef]

I have a waterbox 60.2 and an upgrading to an innovative marine 100 in the next month or so. The tank upgrade will be going in a different location than the waterbox so space isn't an issue. The waterbox has approx 40 to 50 gallons of water in it total. That includes water displacement. I was thinking I had to setup the Innovative marine and cycle it all over. But if I take everything from the waterbox except the sand, and move it to innovative marine, would there be a cycle to the tank? That means there would be approx 50 to 60 gallons of NSW going to the IM tank. I would also be adding 60 pounds of live rock ( yes actually alive from someone else's system) to the IM tank.

 

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there should not be a cycle on the new tank.

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

there should not be a cycle on the new tank.

Would I have to move all my liverock and livestock at once, including sps? Just worried that parameters may swing when setting up the new tank. The liverock that isn't in a system yet, is submerged in SW and has a mag drive 9 running in it to keep bacteria alive. I'm thinking about adding more bacteria to the liverock bin and ghost feeding to supplement bacteria

 

[jman930]

I’m very interested in one of these myself! Did you go with the INT or EXT? Did you opt in for their stand? Please post lots of updates!

 

[brandon429]

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[150 Gallon Reef]

I’m very interested in one of these myself! Did you go with the INT or EXT? Did you opt in for their stand? Please post lots of updates!

I went with the 100 ext. I want as much display space as possible

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

This thread is pages of taking apart tanks, cleaning them, rinsing sand in tap water, and putting it all back together skip cycle

free road map for the taking. Skip cycle tank blending

Official Sand Rinse and Tank Transfer thread

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side effect of rip cleaning for all tank moves, upgrades, or as prevention when the tank is running fine: de aging. cuts cyano invasions down, we can see.

I will be starting with new sand completely. The sand I currently have I really don't like the look of. I'd prefer just to take a hand full to seed the new sand I add to the tank

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

I’m very interested in one of these myself! Did you go with the INT or EXT? Did you opt in for their stand? Please post lots of updates!

I did but their stand also. I plan on painting it white

 

[jman930]

I considered doing the same thing! I wish there was a EXT version of their 150 INT. I like those dimensions better! If the weir didn’t span the whole tank then you could put wave makers on the back wall. I’m excited to follow your progress on this tank!