29gallon to 90 gallon D=

Alright guys, the tank should arrive at 6pm tomorrow. Once it arrives, and set it up, What should I do?

And how can i transfer the stuff in my biocube29, to this new 90 gallon tank?

Really confused now, since im inexperinced with upgrading...help

 

I'm following this thread - will be doing the same thing soon.

Good luck!!

 

hehe right on, I see in your sig, it says 90 gallon build in progress. Good luck to you too friend.

 

Mkizla

http://www.3reef.com/forums/reef-aq...g-aquarium-transferring-bigger-one-54342.html

a lot of the things you need to know are in the thread attached above

in addition
as its such a large upgrade, I imagine the new tank will be in a different location to the present one? if so thats ideal

If it where me
I would 3/4 fill the new tank up with new salt water, new base rock, and new dry sand
and run it for as long as it takes to cycle with heater and power heads going - I would add one of 2 pieces of rock from existing set up along with cup of sand

once my ammonia and nitrite had spiked and zero'd I would then start moving my charges from the existing set up over to the new one
I would discard last inch or so of water and the existing sand bed- as thats where many cycle issues are caused trying to use old sand


Thats what I would do, but others may do something completely different

Steve

 

oo thanks steve. And how many lb of rock, and sand would I need for this 90 gallon tank?

 

so how many lb and sand for 90 gallon guys?

 

a lot, pound to pound in a half per gallon for the live rock, and enough sand or crushed coral to give you 2" or more on the bottom.

 

I wont be able to buy my rocks and sand untill I sell my Oceanic biocube29, or my other 50 gallon tank I have.

Untill then what can I do? All I can do is fill up the tank with salt water at the moment xD

 

thats also OK Mkilza

set the tank up with new salt water, and save your money by buying dry rock when the times comes - as this will also mean there is no die off once you add it to tank, so wont create any parameter issues

so set the tank up, with salt water, heater, pumps etc , and add dry sand at this stage and some dry rock - let is run a week or 2 and then start adding the contents of the 29

your target is about 1.5 lb per gallon eventually, but use dry rock as then you can add slowly and not have to worry about repeated cycle issues
if you add live rock repeatedly , you just prolong the tanks cycling period. so if you use live rock, best to add it all at one time IMHO.

Steve