Transferring coral to new tank

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So I'm out of room in my 50 gallon mixed reef and my new 125 gallon is now set up and cycled
Is there anything I need to do before moving my coral into the 125?
Just don't want to make a mistake or miss something and kill my coral

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You may want to move any rock and corals from your smaller system over in increments to ensure there aren’t any issues with water parameters, lighting, flow, etc.
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Yeah I wasn't going to move everything at once. Gonna take it slow
 

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One thing I did for my own piece of mind was to spend about 15-20 minutes exchanging tank water between my two tanks to assure that the tank water i was transferring the corals from was the same water they were going into. Take 5 gallons out of small tank, put it into the large. Immediately take 5 gallons out of large tank and put it into small tank. Continue doing this and test salinity and temperature after 10-15 minutes. Good luck.
 
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One thing I did for my own piece of mind was to spend about 15-20 minutes exchanging tank water between my two tanks to assure that the tank water i was transferring the corals from was the same water they were going into. Take 5 gallons out of small tank, put it into the large. Immediately take 5 gallons out of large tank and put it into small tank. Continue doing this and test salinity and temperature after 10-15 minutes. Good luck.
Sounds like a good idea
 

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