When to move coral to a new tank

[benneb1897201vw]

I recently set up a 46 gallon tank. It has cycled and all parameters are good. I have 75# of live rock in there. I allready have an established 15 gallon tank with some mushrooms and different polyps, along with 4 fish. Whenever I was planning on moving all the live rock and coral from my 15 gallon over to the 46 gallon I was also going to use all the water and put it in my 46 gallon tank. I was also going to move my canister filter that is on my 15 gallon over as well, just as an extra means of filtration for the time being. How long should I wait before doing moving everything, or is it ok to do now that the new tank is cycled? Thanks in advance for any advice.


Ben

 

[benneb1897201vw]

anybody?

 

[Anonymous]

It's probably okay to do now. Just keep testing and do a water change if anything weird happens.

Glenn

 

[danmhippo]

Depending on how much bioload you have at your 15G? If everything you have is doing fine at the 15G, Why not move some hardier species over to the 46 first, wait about a week to monitor their reaction before you move everything else? Leave the canister at the 15G until you are finished with moving.

How's the 46 gallon setup equipment-wise? LR only with skimmer, or do you also have other mechanical filters as well?

 

[benneb1897201vw]

I have a scopas tank, atlantic hawkfish, yellow clown goby, and bicolor blenny in the 15 gallon. Everything is doing great in the 15 gallon, but I don't want to have 2 tanks going at the same time. As far as filtration on the 46, I have a power filter, penguin 305 or something, one with the dual bio-wheels, a couple of powerheads for circulation, and the bak pak with the bio bale.

 

[danmhippo]

I am afraid that once you move everything at once, the surge in bio-activity level is going to overload the bacterial processing capacity in the 46G. This is like stocking a new tank from the ground up.

Or, you can run both mechanical filter on 46 for now, and disconnect the older one when you see its running stable.

Its your call.

 

[Anonymous]

I didn't count on you having so much in a 15 gallon.

Go slow. Take the tang back.

 

[afss]

If you have mechanical (sponge/filterfloss) in the filter for the 15, and as long as you don't change it when you move it to the 46, then I don't see there being a problem with a surge of biological. You seem to have more than enough rock too.
I agree with rover that the tang shouldn't be kept in a 46 let alone a 15 gallon, but that is JMO.

Scott
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