Hi all, Great site by the way.
I am in the process of moving my fish, serphant star and live rock to a brand new bow front 46 gallon tank. The reason for this is the 40 gallon tank they are in has a broken center brace and has been making me very nervous that it may break at some point.
My plan is to use 20lbs of new live sand, 20 lbs of crushed coral and probably 10-20 lbs of sand from my existing tank. Aslo I am planning to fill the new tank about 50% with the water from the old tank and transfer over the filter as well. My hope is that this will eliminate the start up cycle that is normal for a new tank.
My questions are is it good to use the old sand? Old water? Old filter? and will i limit the cycle time by doing this?
Thanks for any help on this
I am in the process of moving my fish, serphant star and live rock to a brand new bow front 46 gallon tank. The reason for this is the 40 gallon tank they are in has a broken center brace and has been making me very nervous that it may break at some point.
My plan is to use 20lbs of new live sand, 20 lbs of crushed coral and probably 10-20 lbs of sand from my existing tank. Aslo I am planning to fill the new tank about 50% with the water from the old tank and transfer over the filter as well. My hope is that this will eliminate the start up cycle that is normal for a new tank.
My questions are is it good to use the old sand? Old water? Old filter? and will i limit the cycle time by doing this?
Thanks for any help on this