Tank upgrade help

[Saltwater_Reefing]

I currently have a BioCube 32 , and I found a 75-gallon tank with 30 30-gallon sump, Fluval 307, 150 pounds of reef rock and sand for 350$. I currently have all my corals in the BioCube. Should I set up the 75 with the sump or the canister filter, and how should I go about setting up the tank? Should I take water and everything from my 32 and put it right into the bigger tan,k or should I set up the tank as a whole other ecosystem and wait like 5-6 months before adding everything and letting my copepods grow in volume and get the levels the same in the bio cup and then shut the tank down and move the corals over? I do know that it would be my first time with a sump, and all recommendations are open! I just want everyone's input, and for lighting, I thought about doing 2 Nicrew 100W.

 

[DIYreefer]

Ideally you would be better off setting up the new tank with the sump, and transfer over the livestock from the 32 once the 75 has been running for a while and has stabilized (no parameter swings).

 

[tmcca]

The rock you have 150lbs dry? Or live? I would setup the 75 gallon with the rock and you don’t need filter the rock is your filter. Make new saltwater, heater, pumps etc let it run for like 2 weeks and add some cleanup crew and go from there. I think this is what you asking

 

[mpatterson42]

It really depends on how much you trust the biodiversity of the 75 gallon tank. You have no idea what it's been through, what pests might be in there, what nuisance algae is lurking in there.

Personally I'm a fan of draining the tank, getting rid of the sand, and bleach curing the rocks to kill anything on them, then setting it all up with new sand and maybe moving some of the rock from your existing system to the new one to help with cycling and biodiversity. Once everything is stable in the new tank start moving things over.

 

[Saltwater_Reefing]

Ideally you would be better off setting up the new tank with the sump, and transfer over the livestock from the 32 once the 75 has been running for a while and has stabilized (no parameter swings).

It really depends on how much you trust the biodiversity of the 75 gallon tank. You have no idea what it's been through, what pests might be in there, what nuisance algae is lurking in there.

Personally I'm a fan of draining the tank, getting rid of the sand, and bleach curing the rocks to kill anything on them, then setting it all up with new sand and maybe moving some of the rock from your existing system to the new one to help with cycling and biodiversity. Once everything is stable in the new tank start moving things over.

The tank is empty, but the 150lb I believe is dry preexisting live which means just dead now

 

[tmcca]

If it’s dry you for sure will have to cycle tank

 

[tmcca]

I never trust rock from buying used never not worth the risk.

 

[mpatterson42]

The tank is empty, but the 150lb I believe is dry preexisting live which means just dead now

If it has dead organics on the rock then you absolutely want to bleach cure everything.

 

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