When I entered this hobby 8 months ago I assured my wife that the 40b was a perfect size for our room. Having read for over a year in preparation for the hobby, I assured her that this set up would do us well for many years and there was no fear of expansion or additional expense.
This week I'm transferring my livestock from a 40b to a 60g shallow rimless.
This is the first time I'm doing this and was wondering if I could get some advice. Tanks will be salinity and temperature matched and transfers will occur the same day.
1) Should I use 100% new water in the new tank or should I transfer a percentage of water from the current tank into the new one? I'm aware of the 1c sand transfer (new tank has 50# aragonite).
2) I plan on moving all live rock, some with hitchikers (fans, etc), to the new tank first to set up the aquascape. Do these need to be acclimated or can they just be transferred assuming temperature and general salinity match?
3) Should I drop all the inverts (cleaner, peppermint, emerald, 4 hermits, 30+ snails) into a bucket and drip acclimate, or should I just drop into the new tank once the aquascape is built, assuming temperature and general salinity match?
4) I plan on putting current fish into individual quart buckets with some current tank water, floating them in new tank, and acclimating with new tank water over an 30-60 minutes before release. Good plan?
5) Anems and mini-maxi with their respective rocks. Drip acclimate, direct transfer?
Thanks in advance for any experience, advice, and thoughts.
This week I'm transferring my livestock from a 40b to a 60g shallow rimless.
This is the first time I'm doing this and was wondering if I could get some advice. Tanks will be salinity and temperature matched and transfers will occur the same day.
1) Should I use 100% new water in the new tank or should I transfer a percentage of water from the current tank into the new one? I'm aware of the 1c sand transfer (new tank has 50# aragonite).
2) I plan on moving all live rock, some with hitchikers (fans, etc), to the new tank first to set up the aquascape. Do these need to be acclimated or can they just be transferred assuming temperature and general salinity match?
3) Should I drop all the inverts (cleaner, peppermint, emerald, 4 hermits, 30+ snails) into a bucket and drip acclimate, or should I just drop into the new tank once the aquascape is built, assuming temperature and general salinity match?
4) I plan on putting current fish into individual quart buckets with some current tank water, floating them in new tank, and acclimating with new tank water over an 30-60 minutes before release. Good plan?
5) Anems and mini-maxi with their respective rocks. Drip acclimate, direct transfer?
Thanks in advance for any experience, advice, and thoughts.
. That is the nature of this hobby. Don't ever promise that. Now I would transfer all water and rock because it is cycled. Same water I don't think you need to acclimate again.