Reef tank upgrade and transfer

[USMA36]

I'm upgrading to a 240 Glass Cages tank from a 90 Aqueon. What's the best way to transfer my coral. Obviously the new tank will have a lot of new rock. I'll also be using the rock on my 90. How do I remove Acro's that have encrusted on the original rocks? I plan on aquascaping with wet rock. About 150 lbs is cooking in a trash can as we speak. The rest will be rock from current tank. Most of across are mini colonies and frags that have encrusted off the plug and onto the rock. Se will have to be removed from their current rocks in order to make the scape work.

 

[fishguy242]

nice!! frag time,just going from 90 to 240 no cycle?

 

[USMA36]

Shouldn't be much of a cycle. I'm using 90 lbs of live rock from my current tank, a couple of marine pure bricks from my sump, and 150 lbs of rock that has been cooking in trash cans for 3 months. The trash can rock has been dosed with bottled bacteria regularly. I also throw some fish food in from time to time so the bacteria have a food source.

 

[Jseimo]

Good luck with your transfer. When I did mine I tried to keep the colonies on the rocks and place them as a giant frag plugs

 

[fishguy242]

morning,what skimmer are you using? can you get into rock boil ,few days before adding to new tank??

 

[USMA36]

morning,what skimmer are you using? can you get into rock boil ,few days before adding to new tank??

Rock boil? The new tank will be setup with a lifereef skimmer.

 

[fishguy242]

hi,you mentioned cooking rock,i was suggesting put skimmer on there min 3 days before adding to dt ,if poss

 

[USMA36]

Cooking rock as in sitting in a garbage can filled with saltwater a pump and a heater while adding bacteria to make it live. Not litteraly cooking the rock. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[fishguy242]

no i know what you meant,was just being witty,any way to add skimmer to?? even if sitting on top of rock at correct level,meaning skimmer from 90