moving my tank in wall

[dsotmoon]

I will soon (maybe summer) be moving my 55 gallon from a cabinet stand in our living room to inside the wall right behind it (picture frame style), behind the wall is a large walk-in closet that will allow for this

my questions are

a) should i move the tank out a little, do the work to the wall, set up a new tank with new equipment and let it cycle, then add the fish, then resell/trash my old stuff

or

b) should i move the tank out a little, do the work to the wall, transfer the fish to a cooler/temp tank in their own water, drain and save some of the water, re-establish the same tank into the wall and add back in partial water change/old water with the same equipment

I have 25 or so fish, well established for the last 4-5 years that survived a move from an apartment to our new house last june, so i feel confident the move wont stress them too bad but i used the same tank, equipment and partial water

I would like to take the opportunity to move up to a bigger tank, 90-150 gallon while i am doing this but am concerned with moving them to a complete new set up

any thoughts, ideas or opinions??

Thanks in advance,
Joe

[Menagerie]

[center:43a0862737] Welcome to AA, dsotmoon!! [/center:43a0862737]

I am moving this to the [acronym:43a0862737="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:43a0862737] Forum--you will get much better help there.

[Menagerie]

Hmmm, maybe your Q isn't better off here. You really have two very different questions.
~How to set up the tank
~How might the fish react to a new environment

I can help with the second Q
Your fish will love a new tank. Transfer the substrate and use the old filter while the new filter is establishing on the new tank and add the fish. This is not the time to add new fish. Allow both filters to run, or if you are using canister filters on both, you can transfer the media to the new filter and ditch the old one.

[BillyZ]

If you're interested in a larger tank, there's no better time to do it than with this plan. Move the tank out from the wall some, prep your space for your new tank. Get it hooked up a plumbed. Xfer yoru fish to a temporary space with some of their existing water. use the rest of the existing water/substrate/rock to set up your new tank. With active [acronym:df62a693e8="Live sand"]LS[/acronym:df62a693e8]/[acronym:df62a693e8="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:df62a693e8] you should barely have a cycle to deal with. Just be sure you put your NEW substrate on the bottom of the tank first, then the existing substrate on top of that. I would probably leave a couple decent sized pieces of your [acronym:df62a693e8="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:df62a693e8] in with your fish while they are in the temp holding space.

This is what I'm considering doing when my new stand is complete. I'm building a stand that will hold either a 55 or a 90.

[dsotmoon]

Originally Posted by Menagerie

Hmmm, maybe your Q isn't better off here. You really have two very different questions.
~How to set up the tank
~How might the fish react to a new environment

I can help with the second Q
Your fish will love a new tank. Transfer the substrate and use the old filter while the new filter is establishing on the new tank and add the fish. This is not the time to add new fish. Allow both filters to run, or if you are using canister filters on both, you can transfer the media to the new filter and ditch the old one.

thanks for the welcome, i dont think this is exactly a [acronym:f698f55573="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:f698f55573] questions as i know what to do for the most part, my main concern in this is for the fish and the set up or transfer of old/existing equipment

If you're interested in a larger tank, there's no better time to do it than with this plan.

i think i agree, although a 55 gallon is plent big for the fish and wall i think a 90 would "flow" better in the room and allow to add more fish in the future