Tank Swap

[MichaelP121579]

I Currently have a JBJ AIO 30 Gallon tank, I was going to put a sump under it, well the Esshops cube Medium I ordered is 1" to big, so I looked into getting a stand. Then I found a new tank I bought it cheap. 31x31x15! Love it! BUT.... the concern now is I bought a skimz quitepro 2.0 return 589gph (max) I also have (1) AI Prime HD I am gonna have to add more lighting. Also I have a brown alge problem, I let my wife feed tank for a while and she over fed, phosphates got up to 1.04, I have got them down to .13 as of Saturday. What I plan do do is make up new saltwater get the new tank up and running and toothbrush off as much alge as I can and transfer all coral and fish to new tank. Hopefully other than a mino cycle I can eliminate all phosphates. would appreciate some suggestions. Here is some picks of JBJ and my new tank as well, you can see in the picks where the tank went down hill fast..

 

[MichaelReefer]

I Currently have a JBJ AIO 30 Gallon tank, I was going to put a sump under it, well the Esshops cube Medium I ordered is 1" to big, so I looked into getting a stand. Then I found a new tank I bought it cheap. 31x31x15! Love it! BUT.... the concern now is I bought a skimz quitepro 2.0 return 589gph (max) I also have (1) AI Prime HD I am gonna have to add more lighting. Also I have a brown alge problem, I let my wife feed tank for a while and she over fed, phosphates got up to 1.04, I have got them down to .13 as of Saturday. What I plan do do is make up new saltwater get the new tank up and running and toothbrush off as much alge as I can and transfer all coral and fish to new tank. Hopefully other than a mino cycle I can eliminate all phosphates. would appreciate some suggestions. Here is some picks of JBJ and my new tank as well, you can see in the picks where the tank went down hill fast..

I actually just through a tank swap recently as well.

My Advice to you, is let the tank sit for a week or so with some beneficial bacteria from your other tank and get somewhat stable. Let the Temperature stabilize and the substrate settle down so it's not a giant milkshake. Then move the fish. I actually still drip acclimated my fish when I moved them just as a precaution.

 

[brandon429]

How to swap w no cycle

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/moving-house-aquarium.646594/#post-6481161

 

[Jon Fishman]

I have done this 3 times this year...... link @brandon429 posted will get you where you need to go!

That’s a great looking tank though! Congratulations on the score

 

[W1ngz]

.13 isn't terrible for phosphates. When you swap tanks, just make sure to keep the rocks submerged in buckets and you won't have to deal with a cycle. I did a tank swap myself back in June, and out of paranoia (not a bad thing) kept an eye on my ammonia using a seneye monitor. My ammonia wobbled a bit, but it was down in the range of a few parts per billion, which no test kit would even see.

Dump your sand and replace it if it's more than a year or so old, so you can start clean. If you don't have pounds and pounds of it, at least a good rinse helps. Use tap water, then a good soak in RODI with dechlorinator.

Keep and re-use as much water as you can to avoid any parameter shock to your corals. If you are trying to force down the phosphates, then maybe you'll only want to keep half the water, but half is better than none. Not too critical since you mostly seem to have softies and they bounce back quick.

 

[MichaelP121579]

I actually just through a tank swap recently as well.

My Advice to you, is let the tank sit for a week or so with some beneficial bacteria from your other tank and get somewhat stable. Let the Temperature stabilize and the substrate settle down so it's not a giant milkshake. Then move the fish. I actually still drip acclimated my fish when I moved them just as a precaution.

Yes my plans are to let tank sit for a few days and get temp up and water clear then make the transfer

 

[MichaelP121579]

.13 isn't terrible for phosphates. When you swap tanks, just make sure to keep the rocks submerged in buckets and you won't have to deal with a cycle. I did a tank swap myself back in June, and out of paranoia (not a bad thing) kept an eye on my ammonia using a seneye monitor. My ammonia wobbled a bit, but it was down in the range of a few parts per billion, which no test kit would even see.

Dump your sand and replace it if it's more than a year or so old, so you can start clean. If you don't have pounds and pounds of it, at least a good rinse helps. Use tap water, then a good soak in RODI with dechlorinator.

Keep and re-use as much water as you can to avoid any parameter shock to your corals. If you are trying to force down the phosphates, then maybe you'll only want to keep half the water, but half is better than none. Not too critical since you mostly seem to have softies and they bounce back quick.

Bought new sand