Hey fellow reefers. I am looking for thoughts and advice on how to populate my new tank build. The build is a 40g display, a 20g frag tank, a 29g fuge, and a 20g sump running at 12g for a total water volume of around 100g gallons minus displacement. The display will be BB with dry rock.
This new build is an upgrade from a 29g system that has been doing well for 2 years. There is probably 15-lbs of live rock in this system that has been maturing in multiple systems for around 4 years. Inhabitants for the 29g are two clownfish, one firefish, a lawnmower blenny, a brittle star, and 14 frags on a rack, sps, zoas and lps. All seem to be doing very well. I dose alk and nutrition AB+ daily and adjust cal weekly. Tank has been nice and stable.
What I am trying to figure out is the best way to move everything over to the new system, (still dry at the moment). Should I cycle and then move everything over? That was my initial though but it occured to me that the new system would benefit greatly from the established live rock and that would help with the dry rock. If I just transferred over all at once with no cycle it would be like doing a 70% water change. Is that doable going from a 29g to a 100g system? After some water loss it would likely be 80g of new salt water.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Matt
This new build is an upgrade from a 29g system that has been doing well for 2 years. There is probably 15-lbs of live rock in this system that has been maturing in multiple systems for around 4 years. Inhabitants for the 29g are two clownfish, one firefish, a lawnmower blenny, a brittle star, and 14 frags on a rack, sps, zoas and lps. All seem to be doing very well. I dose alk and nutrition AB+ daily and adjust cal weekly. Tank has been nice and stable.
What I am trying to figure out is the best way to move everything over to the new system, (still dry at the moment). Should I cycle and then move everything over? That was my initial though but it occured to me that the new system would benefit greatly from the established live rock and that would help with the dry rock. If I just transferred over all at once with no cycle it would be like doing a 70% water change. Is that doable going from a 29g to a 100g system? After some water loss it would likely be 80g of new salt water.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Matt
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