Upgrading

Reef_Obsessed · Mar 7, 2015

Hello to all! I was curious about my current situation:

I currently have a well-established 10 gallon stocked with just a bonded pair of chocolate clowns and many coral (LPS, SPS, leathers, mushrooms) and have this 20 gallon sitting around. I want to upgrade to the 20 and was wondering if I can just switch things out without doing a complete cycle on the 20? By this, I mean removing all from the 10 gallon (live rock, sand, tank water, filter media, fish, and coral) and placing it into the 20.

Would this be okay or would you recommend a complete cycle process for the 20?

Thanks in advance

spspirate · Mar 8, 2015

I think if your careful and slowly move everything to the 20 sand rock and all you may go through a small cycle and you may also want to add some more "live" rock to that system.

Coralsdaily · Mar 8, 2015

Yes, you can, make sure to keep enough of the current water then it'll just be like the tank going through a big water change. However, don't add livestock rapidly as you upgrade, that'll tip the cycle off balance.

Reef_Obsessed · Mar 8, 2015

spspirate said:
I think if your careful and slowly move everything to the 20 sand rock and all you may go through a small cycle and you may also want to add some more "live" rock to that system.

Yeah, I already plan to put a little more live rock in there...thanks. More places to put more coral :peace:

Reef_Obsessed · Mar 8, 2015

stevenliu9 said:
Yes, you can, make sure to keep enough of the current water then it'll just be like the tank going through a big water change. However, don't add livestock rapidly as you upgrade, that'll tip the cycle off balance.

Yeah, I'm going to use everything from the 10 and I don't plan on adding any livestock anytime soon...it's just to give the clowns and the coral more room...thanks