okay so I just pulled the trigger and bought my upgraded tank. moving from the fluval Evo to a 40 gallon long by innovative marine. wish I would've just bought the bigger tank originally, but what's done is done.
the tank comes in the next week or so. in that time I'm going to try and build a stand for the tank and order up some dry rock to start my NSA.
I plan to use all the of equipment from my existing tank on my new tank. however, I have a few questions?
can/should I transfer my sand to the new tank? there are no large detritus deposits in the sand as I constantly stir and clean the sandbed (it's a small tank and Ive been battling dinos so I have to clean it regularly anyway.
can I transfer my rock over? it's carib sea dry rock but it's been in the tank for 5 months by the time I switch everything over. it's purple vs the white but I feel like the extra bacteria on the rock will be helpful and I don't really want to buy 20lbw of live rock to potentially only use like 10lbs worth.
my main concern I guess is keeping the fish and coral happy during the transfer. if using the sand would be beneficial to bacteria development in the new tank that would be great, but I also don't want to/can't just remove everything from the existing tank and leave it empty for weeks while the new tank settles.
essentially I want the cleanest and easiest transfer from one tank to another. any advice would be greatly appreciated.
the tank comes in the next week or so. in that time I'm going to try and build a stand for the tank and order up some dry rock to start my NSA.
I plan to use all the of equipment from my existing tank on my new tank. however, I have a few questions?
can/should I transfer my sand to the new tank? there are no large detritus deposits in the sand as I constantly stir and clean the sandbed (it's a small tank and Ive been battling dinos so I have to clean it regularly anyway.
can I transfer my rock over? it's carib sea dry rock but it's been in the tank for 5 months by the time I switch everything over. it's purple vs the white but I feel like the extra bacteria on the rock will be helpful and I don't really want to buy 20lbw of live rock to potentially only use like 10lbs worth.
my main concern I guess is keeping the fish and coral happy during the transfer. if using the sand would be beneficial to bacteria development in the new tank that would be great, but I also don't want to/can't just remove everything from the existing tank and leave it empty for weeks while the new tank settles.
essentially I want the cleanest and easiest transfer from one tank to another. any advice would be greatly appreciated.