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Hi all planning to upgrade my 2ft sps dominant tank to a 3ft soon. I was kind of puzzle if I were to transfer all life stocks n water to my 3ft n fill up e reminder nsw do I still need to cycle e new tank? Anybody ever tried b4....tks

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Cycling is meant to build up the bio filters in the tank.

Transferring Ur current water over will only serve to speed up the process since it contains bacteria. But it will not be an instant thing.

Do u happen to have bio filters in your current tank? If yes, transferring the whole lot of that will help :)

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Do u have deep sand in the current 2feet. Do u plan to transfer the sand too?

Problems may arise if u move the sand or use new live or dead sand. (Ammonia,nitrite,Nitrate spike)

If only moving rocks and live stock then it should be no problem and don't need cycling , it's just like a WC , but instead of changing water u are adding more water.

We have done a tank transfer on Mr Sani Boyan tank using new live sand and add more water and all went well.

But if u have sensitive Sps no gerentee they will survive.

Check out Mr Sani tank thread he did mention bout the move.

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sorry to hijack a bit.. haha.. new live sand must it be rinse first before adding? I geting this weekend too.. I remember previously when i bought new live sand the LFS say no need to rinse but when i pour it into my tank.. a lot of bubbles on top of the water and its very dirty..

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sorry to hijack a bit.. haha.. new live sand must it be rinse first before adding? I geting this weekend too.. I remember previously when i bought new live sand the LFS say no need to rinse but when i pour it into my tank.. a lot of bubbles on top of the water and its very dirty..
I would always rinse the sand several times using rodi to prevent unwanted leaches of substance. :)

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If u buy live sand ... Then don't rinse with rodi or tap water .. They are a called live sand coz they are alive with bacteria and other stuff. Rinsing it will kill off the bacteria.

New livesand from the pack will also produce ammonia,nitrite , nitrates due to some die off while in the package , so use with caution .. Especially when introducing sensitive SpS ..

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