JerseyDrew
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So I've read enough discussions to easily say there isn't one concrete way to follow when upgrading tanks. What works for some, fails miserably for others so I wanted some opinions on upgrading to a bigger tank.
In theory (I may be completely off here), If one moves over your current environment to a bigger volume of water while not adding any additional livestock and or old sand, shouldn't the current colony of bacteria be able to sustain the new environment? This seemed to be the theory behind many people quickly moving their old setups in one day to their new setups.
I've been in the hobby now for about 4 years and about 3 years ago, I upgraded my tank from a Fluval Nano Flex (15G) to a 50G setup that includes the sump. Now being so new and naïve to the hobby, I moved over all my rock, fish, and coral in one day and luckily, never went through a "mini-cycle". After daily testing, I never saw a spike in Ammonia and Nitrite but did see some minor elevations in Nitrate (<.01 to .05) which a simple water change fixed along with Phosphates remaining in check.
3 years later, it's time for an upgrade once again and I'm impatiently waiting for Waterbox to send me a shipping notification on my 130.4. Now I will be adding about 40-50 pounds of dry rock (currently have about 40 pounds in my display and 10 pounds in my sump) to the new setup but in theory (once again, I may be completely off here), a transfer from a 50G setup to a 130G should be sustainable with the current colonized media/rock ( I have 3 medium size media bags also in my sump) while the new rock begins to seed since it has a greater volume of water.
Thoughts or opinions? Thanks in advance guys!
In theory (I may be completely off here), If one moves over your current environment to a bigger volume of water while not adding any additional livestock and or old sand, shouldn't the current colony of bacteria be able to sustain the new environment? This seemed to be the theory behind many people quickly moving their old setups in one day to their new setups.
I've been in the hobby now for about 4 years and about 3 years ago, I upgraded my tank from a Fluval Nano Flex (15G) to a 50G setup that includes the sump. Now being so new and naïve to the hobby, I moved over all my rock, fish, and coral in one day and luckily, never went through a "mini-cycle". After daily testing, I never saw a spike in Ammonia and Nitrite but did see some minor elevations in Nitrate (<.01 to .05) which a simple water change fixed along with Phosphates remaining in check.
3 years later, it's time for an upgrade once again and I'm impatiently waiting for Waterbox to send me a shipping notification on my 130.4. Now I will be adding about 40-50 pounds of dry rock (currently have about 40 pounds in my display and 10 pounds in my sump) to the new setup but in theory (once again, I may be completely off here), a transfer from a 50G setup to a 130G should be sustainable with the current colonized media/rock ( I have 3 medium size media bags also in my sump) while the new rock begins to seed since it has a greater volume of water.
Thoughts or opinions? Thanks in advance guys!
