Moving to larger tank help

[alienz1]

Hey all,

I am looking to move my 10gallon to a nice 20gallon but not sure the best way to go about it. Should I fill the 20gallon halfway and heat that water then just move everything at once? Pretend it was a large water change?

Any experiences or help is appreciated.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes. Move as much as you can from the 10 to the 20. I would just fill up two 5 gallon buckets with aged heated SW. Add 5 gallons a day over two days. Just make sure you match the temp. and salinity as closely as possible.

FWIW I just did this on a tank with 65 g of volume, moving from a smaller 30 g system. No problems. Coralline algae was growing on the tank walls within a week.

 

[fungia]

i like your plan to fill half and add half from your 10 gallon. but remember you wont be able to move all 10 gallons over so i would fill the new tank to about 15 gallons just in case.

 

[Mihai]

If you can put all the contents of the 10 gal in the 20 gal (while the 20 gal is empty). Then slowly (1-2 days) fill it up. Then re-arrange stuff.

M.