Moving a nano reef to a new tank.

[mindblaze]

cheers all... anyone have any experience with this? 10G nano reef has been up and running about 2 months. Live sand, live rock (maybe 8-10 lbs), some corals and a clown and some shrimp/crab/snails.

The tank is pretty scratched up and I'd like a much better one of roughly the same size (maybe a 15g). saw some very cool ones at the lfs. don't want to disturb all those critters though; lots of spagetti worms and other odds an ends crawling around the sand. Is it worth trying, or should i only do it if absolutely necessary? Would the easiest way be buying new live sand and transfer as much as i could from the old tank?

any thoughts much appreciated!

[Loverotties]

I'd transfer all the good things you like!

[skeety]

If you buy new, I would think you'll have to wait out the cycle for the new tank.

I think that's probably the easist method, work wise.

You're ability to transfer your current substrate depends on the type. If it's DSB, I don't think you can. Otherwise, I see no reason why you couldn't.

I'd get a tub, move your LR and corals to the tub (with water from your nano).

Then move the substrate to the new tank.

Then put back the water (plus some new water), and your LR and corals.

Such a quick move will be of very little stress to your critters.

But an easier solution might be to just get scratch kits. They require a little elbow grease, but fix up your scratches pretty good.

If you're gonna move to a new tank, why not go bigger?