Staxciii
New Member
Hi all!
So I have a few questions about transferring my existing 7 month old, 16 Gallon Reef tank to my new 40 Gallon.
I currently have a Pink Bar Goby Pair and a Pistol shrimp in the 40 Gallon. I plan to add a small CUC later in the week as the fish were just added on Monday. The 40 is running a Pair of noopsyche k7ii for lighting about 9" from the water with 2 Icecap 2Ks for flow. Also has a protein skimmer and Algae Scrubber.
The 16 Gallon has a Clown Pair and a mix of soft and LPS corals, as well as a mix of Snails.
I have an AI prime over it about 9" off the water, with only the stock return and an aqamai kps for flow. Also I just run purigen and chemipure for Filtration.
My main questions are,
how should I go about transferring the corals as to keep the stress to a minimum since there will be a change in lighting and flow?
Will putting my corals on the sand bed temporarily, help them acclimate or do I need to have the lights turned down for a week or two? (Unfortunarely I don't have a simple acclimation mode on the noops)
Will the change in Filtration affect anything? Should I have a my Skimmer off for a few days? I assume having it running will help with the bioload increase but that's why I'm here.
I fully cycled the 40 and it has new rock (that has been cured) and new sand. I was planning to add the rock from the 16 Gallon but like the scape in the new tank to much to mess with it. I was planning on transferring the seachem matrix from the 16 to the 40 as well as much water as I can get to transfer over.
Will that be enough to prevent a mini-cycle or any sort of crazy spike?
Sorry for the long post but I'm really stressing over this as I do not want to be maintaining 2 tanks for longer than I have to and more importantly want my clowns and corals to be happy and healthy in the new tank!
Thanks in advance for any advice or help!
So I have a few questions about transferring my existing 7 month old, 16 Gallon Reef tank to my new 40 Gallon.
I currently have a Pink Bar Goby Pair and a Pistol shrimp in the 40 Gallon. I plan to add a small CUC later in the week as the fish were just added on Monday. The 40 is running a Pair of noopsyche k7ii for lighting about 9" from the water with 2 Icecap 2Ks for flow. Also has a protein skimmer and Algae Scrubber.
The 16 Gallon has a Clown Pair and a mix of soft and LPS corals, as well as a mix of Snails.
I have an AI prime over it about 9" off the water, with only the stock return and an aqamai kps for flow. Also I just run purigen and chemipure for Filtration.
My main questions are,
how should I go about transferring the corals as to keep the stress to a minimum since there will be a change in lighting and flow?
Will putting my corals on the sand bed temporarily, help them acclimate or do I need to have the lights turned down for a week or two? (Unfortunarely I don't have a simple acclimation mode on the noops)
Will the change in Filtration affect anything? Should I have a my Skimmer off for a few days? I assume having it running will help with the bioload increase but that's why I'm here.
I fully cycled the 40 and it has new rock (that has been cured) and new sand. I was planning to add the rock from the 16 Gallon but like the scape in the new tank to much to mess with it. I was planning on transferring the seachem matrix from the 16 to the 40 as well as much water as I can get to transfer over.
Will that be enough to prevent a mini-cycle or any sort of crazy spike?
Sorry for the long post but I'm really stressing over this as I do not want to be maintaining 2 tanks for longer than I have to and more importantly want my clowns and corals to be happy and healthy in the new tank!
Thanks in advance for any advice or help!
