Upgrading tank

[Cadroved]

Hi, I am upgrading my tank from a 10 gallon to a 29 gallon. I transfer over a few pieces of rock, some sand, and my sponge and might transfer over my media as well from my old filter. I bought one fish to go in there for now. In the 10 gallon, I have 2 clownfish. Do you think I will cycle? I have corals so I don't want to put them in there right away just in case. If I go cycle which I assume would be a mini cycle when would ammonia show up? I honestly can't remember from the last time I cycled.

 

[brandon429]

move no old sand, none.

we have a certain method for tank transfers that always works, its this

Official Sand Rinse and Tank Transfer thread

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you can move old sand, it just has to be rinsed right before.

for sure people have done transfers by adding old sand, notice we didn't for fifty pages- keeps outcomes aligned. due to loss posts recently I went back and added first sentence to specifically not add even 1 handful of old sand unrinsed, and we used a car's motor oil as an analogy.

 

[Cadroved]

move no old sand, none.

we have a certain method for tank transfers that always works, its this

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

you can move old sand, it just has to be rinsed right before.

for sure people have done transfers by adding old sand, notice we didn't for fifty pages- keeps outcomes aligned. due to loss posts recently I went back and added first sentence to specifically not add even 1 handful of old sand unrinsed, and we used a car's motor oil as analogy.

 

[Cadroved]

What's done is done lol When will ammonia show up if it does.

 

[brandon429]

if you already moved sand, and everything is ok then I expect no creep up effects, they're usually swift / same hour upon setup

most sand transfers go fine so that's a good sign. even though a small % don't go fine, we wanted to engineer a 100% safe way and that above is it. the majority of tank transfers still involve old handfuls added, its been a staple practice for so long only the above is the backwards new stuff so that nobody loses reefs.

 

[Cadroved]

Okay, thanks! no ammonia yet, and it's been since last night so I'm probably okay. Just nervous to move coral and 2 more fish over. do you think I should wait?

 

[brandon429]

No it’s fine by now, if the water smells normal and is not cloudy it’s fine by now can move em.

 

[Cadroved]

I think I'm gonna wait since it is a new fish and I'm super nervous about diseases. I have velvet before it was hell. So I'll probably give it 2 weeks just to make sure the new guy shows no sign of disease. I should have checked the water for copper but I forgot. I got him from fishbowl.