Upcoming Tank Upgrade

[duesmortem]

Hello! I currently have a 10 gallon mixed reef with two fish and a handful of snails. I am moving out of my mom's house soon (thank goodness) and I will be moving into an apartment. I would like to upgrade my tank to a 20 or 30 gallon for my new apartment. Now I have read tons of posts and threads about moving tanks and I have found some really good information. However, there is no such thing as too much info when it comes to planning for reef tanks. So I have an idea of how I would want to go about transferring everything into the new tank, but please provide any advice or insight where you see fit!

So I am thinking that I would first set up the new tank with new salt water and add cycled live rock and sand. I would then wait about a week and test the parameters to see if they are leveling out. I would then add in some water from my current tank to help bring up the levels of beneficial bacteria. Probably wait another week to see if there are any spikes of NH3. Then I would add in all my fish, corals (zoanthids, favia, euphyllia, and acropora), and also all my clean up crew.

Am I missing any steps here? Does this sound like an alright approach?

 

[brandon429]

the bacteria you add will compete for oxygen but the tanks are tough and can tolerate it

vs being a form of assistance, they're a source of tax. if you want to move it the right way you'd deep clean the system, and move only 100% clean cloudless portions over to the new setup. cleaning does not remove bacteria you need, such that some have to be added back. we only clean your rocks in saltwater, nothing else, which is where the good bacteria exist we need.

the sand gets harshed.

lots of people have their favorite way to move reefs, this in my opinion is the only work thread on the entire internet for the job logged in one place:

Official Sand Rinse and Tank Transfer thread

If you are reading this thread to cure a tank invasion from a link I sent you, we do not need to identify your type of invasion here we do not need you to test anything at anytime regarding nitrate, phosphate etc Above all, we do not need to see a microscope slide picture of your invasion at...

www.reef2reef.com

any job link there is your upcoming job. they're all using the same action set with no deviation. 30 mins read you'll never lose a reef during a tank move. you will also see every procedural law in reefing broken in the first three pages alone, that's because their procedures don't work and it takes this to move tanks safely.

moving a ten gallon is easy and a fine practice start. one of these day's it'll be a six footer

 

[duesmortem]

the bacteria you add will compete for oxygen but the tanks are tough and can tolerate it

vs being a form of assistance, they're a source of tax. if you want to move it the right way you'd deep clean the system, and move only 100% clean cloudless portions over to the new setup. cleaning does not remove bacteria you need, such that some have to be added back. we only clean your rocks in saltwater, nothing else, which is where the good bacteria exist we need.

the sand gets harshed.

lots of people have their favorite way to move reefs, this in my opinion is the only work thread on the entire internet for the job logged in one place:

Official Sand Rinse and Tank Transfer thread

If you are reading this thread to cure a tank invasion from a link I sent you, we do not need to identify your type of invasion here we do not need you to test anything at anytime regarding nitrate, phosphate etc Above all, we do not need to see a microscope slide picture of your invasion at...

www.reef2reef.com

any job link there is your upcoming job. they're all using the same action set with no deviation. 30 mins read you'll never lose a reef during a tank move. you will also see every procedural law in reefing broken in the first three pages alone, that's because their procedures don't work and it takes this to move tanks safely.

moving a ten gallon is easy and a fine practice start. one of these day's it'll be a six footer

Thank you for the link and your advice! Greatly appreciated!