hello all. So im upgrading my 90g reef tank to 180g. The person im buying the tank from is giving me his sand also which is in the tank. Now how should i do the upgrade. Ive read that the best way to do it is to rinse his sand with ro di water then mix it with mine and add bacteria bloom. Or...

upgrading my 37 tall w/ 10 gallon sump to a 55 gallon with a 40 gallon sump. limited on my room so setting up the 55 with 37 running aswell is out of the question, both breakdown and upgrade will have to happen at the same time. would you recommend that i dump all of the volume from both the...

I'm looking to turn my 20L into a temporary sump w/refugium for my 110 gallon. ( I plan on upgrading). I'm confused on how I should position the baffles, what materials to make the baffles out of and how talls should the baffles be? if anyone can post examples of theirs i'd truly appreciate it.

I have a 10g and a 14 gallon tank both have been set up for a while now but a while back I decided to upgrade them to my 36 gallon bowfront. So I have had the 36 gallon set up now for about 3-4 weeks and am looking to start moving over the contents of the smaller tanks. The 36 gallon is testing...

Hey y'all and thanks for the help in advance! I have a 5 gallon tank running for a month with 5-7 lbs of live rock, 2in base of live sand, topfin powerhead, HOB filter rated 100 gph. I'm thinking of possibly upgrading (next month or two, no sooner), but want to get all of my research done...

My 155 bow front mixed reef has a leak. Bottom front seam, not accessible under rim, poured faux concrete bottom making repair impossible. Leak is manageable about 2 gallons a day. Has been stable for a week. I am catching all the water (I think) I was got a used 185G with all the trimmings but...

Hey reefers, I've got a 35g reef setup with live rock, and live sand as substrate. The tank currently has a bunch of snails, hermit crabs, about 8 peppermint shrimp, and 2 clownfish as well as a bunch of corals and live rock. I've got a protein skimmer, and two cannister filters. I'm...

Hello Ladies/Gents, Quick question. If i am planning on swapping out tanks in my 2 yr old system . Trying to go from a 125 to 150-upgrading to starphire. If i transfer everything over. How bad do you think the transfer would be ? What i mean is , whats the possibility of a huge diatom outbreak?

Hey all, so I've been waiting for this to come. I've upgraded to a 40gal breeder from a 20gal long. My decision to choose a 40gal breeder over a 55gal is the fact that the 40 breeder as a width (back to front length) of 18" and the 55 is only 13. I wanted the extra size in width so that I could...

My brother in law wants to give me his 80 gallon with 30 gallon sump for free!! Way better than my 45 with no sump. It doesnt leak, pump works, nice stand, all the plumbing already done. I however would like to do the upgrade without killing anything or having to start all over. I'm 5 months...

I have a 40B with 1/2 BB and 1/2 substrate (back 1/2 is BB w/ a powerhead blowing across it). I'm upgrading to a 75 acrylic and seriously thinking of going the BB Route. My concerns are: (1) Watchman goby who doesn't burrow. He like holes in the rocks. (1) Yasha Goby and Pistol pair that...

I love my 40B, but am upgrading to a 75 acrylic. Picked up a new tank and stand on the cheap (needs a metric fork ton of sanding, polishing etc, but worth it). As you can see my 40 is getting a bit crowded and I just so happen to have the wall space + found a killer deal. Debating on the...

So, I have had a 20 gallon for about 5-6 months now. I started it up just to see how i did at saltwater after a 10 year break, and with the only casualty being a monti who fell on my frogspawn I feel like i am ready to go bigger. I began the 20 extra high with a very basic setup of a emperor 400...

Hi all! I am planning an upgrade from my current 10 gallon nano to a 40-65 gallon tank. I really want to go ahead and get the 65 (I found one in my price range that is reef ready) but also, I am afraid if I upgrade, I will lose my 10 month old biofiler...I was originally going to just do a...

Hi! I am looking to upgrade my 10 gallon nano reef tank to a 20 gallon or more with a sump. Obviously i will use the 10 gallon as my sump, but I would love some tips on the upgrade process, if possible. I have 2 clowns and assorted coral. A large star polyp, a leather toadstool, a zoo frag, a...

Ok so right now we have a basic setup... 60 gal marineland aquarium 40 lbs LR 1.5 in LS 1 yellow tang, 1 sail fin, 2 clowns, 1 coral beauty angel, 3 shrimp, and 1 sea urchin Folded brain coral, pocillopra, acans,candy cane, hammer, torch , frogspawn, toadstool, RBT anemone , rock flower...

so i bought a reef octopus classic 152 and put it under my 37 tall tank with a 10gal sump, only problem now is that i literally have no room left for my chaeto to grow. whats the biggest tank that i could realistically squeeze under the tank stand? its a 30" long stand by 13" wide but obv the...

Hey guys! I'm new to this forum, and relatively new to "REEF tanks". I've owned several marine tanks that contained anemones, a few small hardy corals, MANY inverts: starfish, shrimps, Sea urchins, a pair of clowns, Green spotted puffers (marine & fullgrown). I had one 29 gallon, with an...

Hey guys! I have a 3 month old 38 gallon Marineland bow front, tall saltwater tank with about 45 lbs of live rock, 40 lbs of sand, a large rock covered in two types of star polyp and 2 anthias fish (a male and female, small). I have been offered a free 55 gallon tank with stand and all...

I successfully upgraded my 65 gallon tank to a 120 this monday. Both of my fish seem to be doing well as well my inverts (crabs,snails and sea urchin). My corals were closed up for about the first hour after the move but have since opened up and look good. ( mostly soft corals, some LPS) My...