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Post by lindsey1984 on Nov 16, 2013 18:43:15 GMT -5
So, I'm not quite ready to upgrade to my 120 but I was wondering what everyones opinion is on the best way to move a tank. Preferably I would like my tank to new where my current tank is... I'm wondering if its possible to break everything down and set everything up without disturbing my live stock. I will have about 50 gallons or so of cycled water to put into my 120 and I was thinking of doing a couple water changes in my 55 before hand and keeping the water. I figured if I could keep the water at temp and circulated I would have cycled water to put along with the 50 gallons of my tank water into the 120... then I could just add the rest fresh mixed salt water...I figured that way I wouldn't lose anything. My question is, is there a way to switch out tanks but keep the tank in the same place? How would you all do this?
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Post by jess on Nov 16, 2013 19:27:43 GMT -5
There's a 40Gln sitting there you can use for water to  lol Sent from my HTC ONE |
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Post by scoobnoob on Nov 16, 2013 21:48:05 GMT -5
Run the 55 plugged into your 120 like a sump?
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Post by lindsey1984 on Nov 17, 2013 8:13:41 GMT -5
As a sump I think I'm gonna get a second rapids pro wet dry sump and run both on the 120. It's a piece of equipment that I'm familiar with and I don't feel stressed about learning how to build a whole set up with a sump, a skimmer, over flow box ect. LOL the other issue is the tank is in the place that I want to stick the new one, so even if I used as a sump it would still be in my way until I got it completely set up
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Post by jess on Nov 17, 2013 11:50:25 GMT -5
Unfortunately you have to move the old to place the new  Sent from my HTC ONE |
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Post by lindsey1984 on Nov 24, 2013 14:01:57 GMT -5
So, another question. I want to get about an inch or so of really fine sand on the bottom, im wondering how much would I need in inches on the bottom of the tank for the first layer of the DSB, and how much sand would I have to buy in pounds to cover the recommended amount?
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Post by jess on Nov 24, 2013 15:19:22 GMT -5
You should have at least 2 on bottom for fine
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Post by lindsey1984 on Nov 24, 2013 15:50:03 GMT -5
How many pounds would that be for a 120? There's 5 and 20 pound bags, I'm sure I'd need a few 20 dollar bags, but anyone have any clue?
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Post by Cowdogz on Nov 24, 2013 16:06:18 GMT -5
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Post by lindsey1984 on Nov 24, 2013 16:09:07 GMT -5
Thank you!
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Post by jasonandsarah on Nov 25, 2013 6:10:18 GMT -5
I only have a 75g tank and I used 2 40lb bags of live sand and 1 40lb bag of crushed coral and seas shells! So my tank have 120 lbs of sand I'm my tank and when my sand was even it was about a 3 inch sand bed. And I've been slowly adding more to try and even out the mounds of sand, but my power heads just move it away again!
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Post by lindsey1984 on Nov 25, 2013 15:19:55 GMT -5
I have about 4-5 inches currently so I can use that on top after I rinse the hell out of it, but I def want really fine sand on the bottom... I'm guessing 120 pounds of sand. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using proboards |
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Nov 25, 2013 15:29:53 GMT -5
When you set it up, just make sure you look the tank over well so you don't accidently put the scratched side as the front.
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Post by lindsey1984 on Nov 25, 2013 18:27:39 GMT -5
Thanks Ryan, I probably would have forgotten. Do you think it needs new silicone before we set it up?
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Nov 25, 2013 18:59:06 GMT -5
No, the original silicone will be fine unless you want the look of new silicone.
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lol
