[hackshobby]

Hi Twoface,
I just did this move myself betwee the 45 to the 220g this past summer. Was worried silly......needless! I adjusted the salinity first, and started transfering water between the two getting everyone use to their new home. Then moved a handful of rock over first to start letting the existing bacteria do their thing. Then all in one night we grabbed the buckets, and haved at it! Bing, bang, boom! Just have the new home ready and was just like adding new fish to your tank.....
Best of luck to you,
Hack

 

[hackshobby]

I had probably 10lbs of rock from the old tank 'seeding' 75lbs of new rock for about three weeks prior to the move, and since I'd been transfering water over between the two for those 3 weeks, I had no cycle. That had been my concern, so I was pretty diligent matching the two tanks.

 

[hackshobby]

I had that misserable course crushed coral the lfs sold me......couldn't get rid of that stuff fast enough! Holds trash beyond all belief! Went with fine sand.....never regreted it!

 

[hackshobby]

You may not get a cycle beings your more or less just changing glass boxes and keeping everything samie samie, But I would still play it safe and let it stabalize for a while just to be sure you didn't stir up a hornets nest moving everything around. I'm just the cautious type!

 

[hackshobby]

Very best of luck to you bro!
Hack