Transferring Fish

[Klag]

I got a new, bigger tank a little bit ago. It has finally finished its mini-cycle after moving it. I was wondering if moving my old fish and corals in all at once is a bad idea? My local fish store has already said all the fish should do well together. The parameters are almost the same and salinity is a .001 difference.

In new tank Waterbox AIO 50.3: Pair of clowns, coral beauty, and a Tomini Tang
Fish to be added from Fluval EVO 13.5: Citreon Clown Goby, Yellow Watchman, small (young) neon wrasse, and a neon goby. Pistol shrimp and urchin as well

 

[BeltedCoyote]

If you went with a dry start DO NOT put all the livestock in at once.

The microfauna that makes up your biological filtration will not be able to keep up with waste and things will die. Gotta give the microfauna time to establish enough of a population to handle your reef.

You can start adding if ammonia is undetectable. Just go slow. One or two fish at a time and give it some time before you add more. I would personally give it a week or two but that's just me.

 

[Steve and his Animals]

Moving some established biomedia and maybe one or two of the hardier old fish should work.

 

[Klag]

If you went with a dry start DO NOT put all the livestock in at once.

The microfauna that makes up your biological filtration will not be able to keep up with waste and things will die. Gotta give the microfauna time to establish enough of a population to handle your reef.

You can start adding if ammonia is undetectable. Just go slow. One or two fish at a time and give it some time before you add more. I would personally give it a week or two but that's just me.

I bought the tank off of someone, it was completely cycled. It just went through a mini cycle when moving… sand turning, a lot of new water, changes and such. It has been up for a while before I bought it