Worth it or am I wasting time and effort?

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Just looking to hear thoughts. I always like adding water to my systems. I currently have a 55g sump which supplies my frag tank and display both independently. A small section in the middle to grow macro. My heaters and dosing is all done there as well.

I came across a 75g I'm looking to swap out my 55 with. I figure it to be a day long project between rebuilding a stand for it, shutting it all down and changing the glass. 75g is the absolute latest size I can put there in every direction. My hope would be to neaten everything up as I go. Also figure I'd be getting rid of 3 years of detritus build up in my old sump all at once but probably a ton of life as well. Like worms etc living in the bottom that I won't be able to transfer.
 
Honestly 20 extra gallons of water isn't really a lot of volume....

I would save myself the trouble and not switch it out....

I would try and find a 20 long and try and gravity feed it to your existing sump
 
Already doing that with the frag tank and a 20 high that was my old frag tank that I still haven't removed. Lol

Another pro is I have a shelf above the 55 where an ago and all my wiring resides. Makes it tough to squeeze into the 55 and the 6 inches extra width would make it easier to get into it. Of course there's not really much reason to get into it aside from removing macro algae growth.
 

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