shifting from small tank to larger tank

i want to shift all my coarls, live rock and fishes to a new bigger tank. need advise. it will be an absolute new setup. i dont want to add my old tank water because the nitrate is always too high. need good advise.

 

Get the new tank up and running. Add a few pieces of live rock from your present tank.Throw a piece of shrimp in there. Allow new tank to cycle.After its cycled you can add your fish and corals. I would do it slowly.8) Patience is the key.

 

FYI not bringing over your water to the new tank doesnt mean that it will never get high nitrates. whatever your doing now that is making them high is going to happen in the new tank unless you change how it got that high in the first place.
The above advice is good, cycle the new tank first then just move it over.

 

Also if you are moving to a new tank replace your sand

 

IMO depending on how old it is. if his current tank is less than a yr old i would go ahead and move it, if more than that ya i would replace it.

 

When I moved my old 29g to a 65g I used new sand, all of my liverock, and as much of my old water as I could. I did it in one day and didn't lose any fish, inverts, or coral. I may have gotten lucky, but thats how I did it.

 

I had a tank that was less then 6 months old and had a bad phosphate issue switched all the sand to a larger tank and had the same issue. So i always use new sand now

 

what kind of sand was it? did the new sand help?

 

+1 on what nightster said. I went from a 55g to a 70g and here's a few pointers on how I did it in one night.

- If at all possible, set the other tank up and let it run for a bit (a week or so). I had mine set-up and added new sand & then brought cups of my live sand over to seed it over that week. The tank was half filled with new saltwater. Add some of your live rock if you can to help cultivate it and speed up the cycle.

- The night of the transfer I filled a big container with my tank water and put my corals and rock in it. I would then take buckets and made a few trips up the stairs with the corals/rocks and added them to the new tank. After all my rock was in, the tank's water level was all the way up.

- I then put my fish and inverts in buckets and added tank water to each bucket over an hour or so, then they went in.

- Definitely buy new sand, it is a pita to re-use old sand.

- have pre-mixed saltwater on hand just in case

- make sure the temp of the new tank is comfortable

- don't forget to compensate for the weight when adding your rock, ie don't fill the new tank all the way up before the rock goes in

I didn't experience any large cycle and all my livestock, corals were fine, no losses.

I was lucky as the new apt. I went to was owned by my folks so I could take the time to set up the new tank and let it run comfortably. Also the new location was close so transferring wasn't hard.

best of luck!

 

Mine was Caribbean sea argonite and the issues i had from before with algae i dont have now. so hopefully it stays that way and i do have lots of new coralline grow after just three months.