Upgrading tanks - need advice

[dxstyyy]

Hey everyone!

So in a bit of a dilemma as i’m upgrading from a evo 13.5g to a 25g tank.

My evo is 2 years old and is doing great, a lot of corals have tripled in size which is why the upgrade was needed. Obviously I’d prefer to move some of my rock + media over when I move everything to “insta cycle” the tank, but the issue is I have a bit of a turf algae and bubble algae issue at the moment. I do have an urchin + emerald crab working away and they’re definitely starting to go down.


The algae’s are both pretty much contained to two rocks (visually) at the moment; however, i’m worried about the spores. What do you guys think the best plan of action is from here?

My idea at least, was to move the media + the rocks (with no algae over) and hope that whatever sprouts the urchin + crab can handle it before it gets out of hand this time.

As a side note I bought the crab and urchin after the outbreak, so my thought was if I moved them over instantly with the rocks that have no algae when new stuff sprouts they should be able to take care of it?

Any advice is very much appreciated!!

Happy reefing everyone

 

[boacvh]

not an expert so take with grain of salt, but personally I'd take the benefits of the already live rock over some algae risk any day of the week. When I upgraded I moved every single piece of rock I had over to the new tank

 

[kvansloo]

When you remove the rocks with the bubble algae just scrape it off and put them into the new tank. The rocks can allow you to skip cycle, put them into the new tank with saltwater and test for Nitrates in 24 hours don't move the fish and inverts till you have Nitrites or nitrates preferably the Nitrates.