Transferring tanks

[fishylui]

Hello everyone, I came to the hard decision of selling my tank, I have just started a new business so I barely have time to keep up with the tank and I wanted to downgrade to a smaller tank I have so it’s easier for me to do water changes and such, I have a blue hippo tang and she’s acting weird, hasn’t been eating and now is losing and regaining color while laying on the sand, but here is my question, I have a 75 gallon tank with a 25 gallon sump and I wanted to transfer my mandarin and my 2 clownfish to a smaller tank which is 13 gallons, how could I make it a safe transfer for the fish and how could I reuse most of the stuff I have in this tank to make the process of recycling the new tank quicker… thank you everyone!

 

[Jekyl]

Using your current rock in the 13 gal will eliminate the need for any cycle. I would be more concerned that the tank size would be too small for the 3 fish mentioned.

 

[fishylui]

Using your current rock in the 13 gal will eliminate the need for any cycle. I would be more concerned that the tank size would be too small for the 3 fish mentioned.

Alright, I’m not sure how much bigger the little clownfish are gonna get they already asserted who’s the male and the female one of them I’ve had for 2 and some years and he barely grew anything while the other one grew a lot and the mandarin is bigger than when I got him and I’m not really sure how big they can get you know

 

[fishylui]

Using your current rock in the 13 gal will eliminate the need for any cycle. I would be more concerned that the tank size would be too small for the 3 fish mentioned.

And do you think if I transfer the rocks the water from this tank into the smaller one and maybe some sand? I know sand is a risky game to play with and all but I think it could help with something no?

 

[fishylui]

These are the fish I’d want to transfer and their size idk if you can see it in the picture…

 

[Jekyl]

Alright, I’m not sure how much bigger the little clownfish are gonna get they already asserted who’s the male and the female one of them I’ve had for 2 and some years and he barely grew anything while the other one grew a lot and the mandarin is bigger than when I got him and I’m not really sure how big they can get you know

Mandarin should be in a 55g + to support the copepods they need for food. Clowns generally need a 20g + and can be very territorial.