Upgrading to bgger tank an want to make sure i do it right.

[Dragon moray ki]

Hey guys im up gradin my 90 to a new 600. And i was wonder whats tye best way to move every thing from the 90 to the 600 saftly. The 90 will be my sump and i was planning on putting all the fish and corals in 44 gallon brute trash cans. Then i was going to put the 90 as the sump and an old 70 gallon as a refuim. Or i might switch the 90 and the 70 as a sump or fuge. Any way i have sand in the 90 and was wondering as long that i dont mess with it can i reuse it in the fuge or tank? Its about 1-2 inches deep depending on the area in the tank and is about 4-5 months old. Thanks

[on the spot]

Hey guys im up gradin my 90 to a new 600. And i was wonder whats tye best way to move every thing from the 90 to the 600 saftly. The 90 will be my sump and i was planning on putting all the fish and corals in 44 gallon brute trash cans. Then i was going to put the 90 as the sump and an old 70 gallon as a refuim. Or i might switch the 90 and the 70 as a sump or fuge. Any way i have sand in the 90 and was wondering as long that i dont mess with it can i reuse it in the fuge or tank? Its about 1-2 inches deep depending on the area in the tank and is about 4-5 months old. Thanks

That's quite an upgrade.

You will have to monkey with the sand. I would not advise moving the 90 with the sand still in it.

All the rest sounds like a good plan.

[FishAddict87]

I would say a 90 is too small for a sump for a 600 gallon tank

[sponger0]

IMO....you are best setting up a 600 while the 90 is still running. Let the 600 cycle then move your livestock and rock over. Sand I would just dry out and sell.

And I also agree a 90 will not be near big enough for a 600, especially if you want to incorporate a fuge that will be effective on the tank. IMO you would need a tank at least half the DT for a sump. Especially if your going to use an in sump skimmer.

I think it would be best to first get all the equipment you are going to use, especially whats going to go in the sump and then determine the sump size.

[Neptunes World]

Cycle a 600 for the animals of a 90? How do you do that? I would think you could dump everything from the 90 into the 600 and never see a cycle to begin with. Sure, it could go through a cycle stage, but, would you really see it on a test kit? Thats a lot of water, lol. I guess it is easier to build bacteria and let it die back to what ever the animals of the 90 are.

[Dragon moray ki]

Thanks for the help. The 90 will be drilled and connected to a 70 gallon corner. The skimmer is an external next ree xxl. It hold about 25 gallons of water. I didnt know that you had to cycle the new tank. I thought you just had to tranfer all the live rock and sand over to the new one. O well. Thanks again

[dc]

Ok, I deleted a bunch of posts. Let's behave.