Yep
What they're doing to setup reef convention reefs, instant reefs, we can repeat. All you have to do is pre rinse all new sand and all old sand if applicable before setting up the new tank.
Transfer no cloud. Not any, use tap water to rinse sands as long as it takes to be perfect. Then set up the tank, all new water, move your rocks over and set them into the new tank.
Move no cloud. Not any...if your live rocks need to be swished in old tank water to cast off clouding pent up, we should. Live rock is washed in saltwater only
Sandbed bacteria dont the matter at all, none, so we can rinse them in tap that way we rinse unlimited until clean. If you set up a cloudless tank you skip all cycles. Allow some cloud, get corresponding cycle
You don't have to consider bacteria in tank transfers it's about avoiding cloud. Both sand and rocks in new tank = cloudless it's guaranteed to work. Take pics we w use em in our sand rinse/home move thread
The ongoing irony / risk in tank transfers is doing the opposite: fearing bacteria loss, under rinsing or not rinsing, and then adding some prime and bottle bac randomly and seeing what happens lol
That's the most dangerous way to move tanks, they die about 30-40% of the time we show in home move analysis. Rinsing, no loss 24 pages. The sole technique we use to stop 100% of cycles to the point we require no ammonia testing in follow up was total clean assembly, exactly the opposite of common reef rules.
