Going bigger.

[MrMalta]

Currently I have a 5 gallon s/w with about 10lbs of LR sitting in a spot where I would like to upgrade it to a 15/20 gallon - something in the range of 27 inches long.

How do I do this? There is one fish and one coral. Do I drain some water, lift it up (since its 5 gallon it cant be too heavy) place it down somewhere else and set up the new tank piece by piece?

 

[neilanh]

That would probably be the easiest way, since it's so small that shouldn't be too hard.

a 29 gallon tank is 30", or you could go with a 20H which is 24".

 

[MrMalta]

Awesome. And if I'm taking everything out of the old tank do I need to re-cycle or should my fish and zooanthid be ok?

A 29 would be great. But 30" is too long for my table. :/

 

[neilanh]

If you transfer everything over at once, making sure everything stays wet, you probably won't see much of anything. Stirring up the sand that much may give you a little cycle, depends on how much sand and how old your tank is.

 

[melosu58]

I agree with the transfer plan except I would use new sand. Just save a cup of the old to seed the new.

 

[SpeedEuphoria]

Slide the tank onto a sturdy flat board to transport.

 

[MrMalta]

So I plan on doing this today. Should I use new sand and seed it with old or should I transfer it all over?

 

[rafecci]

I agree with the transfer plan except I would use new sand. Just save a cup of the old to seed the new.

Use new sand.

 

[MCluett]

new sand and tranfer just 1 cup full over like melosu suggested

 

[melosu58]

If you transfer it all over you`ll have one heck of an ammonia spike.

 

[MCluett]

hey MrMalta i just checked out your 5gal nano and i was wondering what you thought of those ligths you bought, did they work good for you? i am going to do a 5gal nano for now and am looking for some suitable lights. sorry for the slight topic change.

 

[MrMalta]

I love the lights. They are excellent and light up the 5 gallon perfectly. You can get them with 4 actinic or 4 white, or 2 and 2 which is what I use.