1. Something else, no idea what...
2. Yes, I insta-cycled and insta-stocked a tank without issue.
2. Yes, I insta-cycled and insta-stocked a tank without issue.
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I used to move a 55 gallon reef set up from my college apartment to parents home and back every summer for three years, a three hour drive. Never lost any live stock. Looked at it like doing a major water changes. Recently upgraded from a 150 to a 350 gallon same thing it is like doing a large water change. Tore down system put all items in a lot of plastic tubs set up new tank transferred over and all was fine. I felt the when transferring you get to rinse off a lot of detritus capture bristle worms and do a major clean so all system parameters came back on lineThanks to @LRT for the QOTD idea!
Have you ever moved the inhabitants of a reef aquarium to a new tank? Maybe it was a tank upgrade. Maybe you bought someone's entire reef and set it up in your own new tank. Would it need to cycle? Would there be a cycle? What would you even call that? Let's talk about it!
1. What would you call a fully transferred, instantly stocked tank? Insta Cycled or Insta Stocked or something else?
2. Have you ever relocated an existing reef ecosystem to a new tank and how did it go? Did you experience a cycle?
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Did you move the sand too? I'm about to make a move but I'm putting in a different color sand.I wouldn't call it either I don't think....you are basically just moving an established system from one tank to another....I would call it a move . I have relocated an entire tank without any issues.....no changes in water chemistry at all.
Did you keep the same sand or change it? I'm about to upgrade but want to use a different sand and can't wait for it to run for a few days. I don't have a place to store all my corals and fish for more than a day.I’ve upgraded to larger tanks 4 times in the last 10 years. Always from one room to another within the same house.
No new cycles. No loss of livestock. Moved a lot of water around so that whether old tank or new tank or holding containers were all the same salinity and temp.
Thoroughly cleaning and re using your old sand would most likely help keep your new tank cycling without a hitch.Did you keep the same sand or change it? I'm about to upgrade but want to use a different sand and can't wait for it to run for a few days. I don't have a place to store all my corals and fish for more than a day.
I have over 100 pounds of live rock and bioballs in the sump. Definitely don't want to add anything until I get the ammonia right. I was actually thinking about taking some of water from my next water change and adding it to the new sand and letting it circulate in there until I'm ready to do the upgrade.Thoroughly cleaning and re using your old sand would most likely help keep your new tank cycling without a hitch.
Any major changes during upgrade should be thought about and planned for.
Having said that you may not have any issues at all in your rock or media may be able to handle bioload on its own.
How much liverock media are you moving to new tank?
This really all does come down to setting up new tank. Transferring your rock/media over and monitoring what your ammonia does.
A good tool of measurement like seneye will let you know when ammonia is actually safe.
Totally not necessary. Make sure new sand is thoroughly rinsed and clean prior to setting up new tank.I have over 100 pounds of live rock and bioballs in the sump. Definitely don't want to add anything until I get the ammonia right. I was actually thinking about taking some of water from my next water change and adding it to the new sand and letting it circulate in there until I'm ready to do the upgrade.
No, I always used new sand or went BB on the new tank.Did you move the sand too? I'm about to make a move but I'm putting in a different color sand.
Something else. A new glass box with the same inhabitants. I guess thats close to instantly stocked - but since it was previously stocked with the same stuff - not sure that matches.1. What would you call a fully transferred, instantly stocked tank? Insta Cycled or Insta Stocked or something else?
I had an old 75 gallon reef with a 20 gallon sump - I upgraded it to a new Reefer 525XL as follows:2. Have you ever relocated an existing reef ecosystem to a new tank and how did it go? Did you experience a cycle?
Oh - In my example I added Seachem stability for 7 days BUT - I'm not at all sure that was necessary.Ok I see where your at now.
How about transferring a mature tank? Do you still add bottle bac?
I did add bottle bac to tank 2 but experienced wierd ph and cloudy water swings.
I feel like bottle bac is not needed during transfer as long as your not exceeding bioload mature system is already cycling. At least that's what I found. May even do more harm than good.