2 saltwater tanks into 1

[Wolverine1]

Hello all, this is my 1st post and want to thank you for having me! Ok I wanted some advice I have a 92 gallon corner bowfront that has fish with live rock, blue tang, vlamangi tang, 2 perculla clowns, and 2 yellow tail damsels. and I have a 44 gal pentagon with dead coral in it, with a dwarf lion, and a smaller porcupine puffer. my question is I got a 125 gallon tank and I wanna combine them both and put all the fish into the 125. What's the best way to do this? Also I wanna have the 125 fish only tank with no live rock, I like the way the dead coral looks and I wanna make my 92 a reef so I don't wanna take out the live rock. Thanks for Any help!

 

[austinsdad]

Ya know you'll likely have to remove the rock temporarily from the 92g to catch the fish anyway.

 

[Wolverine1]

Oh Yeah Those fish are fast , I was just wondering should I use water from both tanks or just 1 and how much? I'm thinking i will have to put a little live rock from the 92 in it to get the cycle but I don't wanna keep it in there! Thanks

 

[harmy4993]

since the rock is typically your filtration what are you goign to use to filter your tank?

i would read up on the cycle process cause i dont think you understand it.you cant put rocks in, cycle your tank and take all the rocks out. you are then left with a tank that is not cycled.

 

[Wolverine1]

I have a proclear 150 wet/ dry trickle, that I am going to use on it! But that's my point I really don't want live rock in there! I could put some in my wet dry but I want dead coral in the tank! What do you think?

 

[ilostnemo]

the dead coral will tech. be live... cause the part that makes live rock live is the bacteria which will grow on the dead coral..