Movin On Up!

[WittLace]

Ok so I am getting my 72 gallon set up this weekend.  I have a 55 gallon up and running, but not fully stocked.  All fish have been rehomed with the exception of a BN pleco that I am planning to keep.  I have black sand in the 55 that I would like to move to the 72.  How do I go about moving it?  Anyone have any tips/tricks?  Thanks in advance.

 

[sawickib]

I just scoop out as much as possible in the beginning, or you can take a siphon and suck out the sand slowly, you will have to keep dumping out the water but youll end up getting all the sand off the bottom in the end.

 

[WittLace]

Thanks... yeah i was thinking about siphoning.  That might help get it a little cleaner too.

 

[sawickib]

You cant use the ones with the big plastic tube on the end, if you can pull it off so it has maximum suction for the sand.

 

[RCA]

I recently shut down a tank, and I found the easiest way was to drain almost all the water and then I used a dustpan to scoop out the substrate. This enabled me to get large quantities out in a shorter space of time than the potential syphon method I was previously planning.

 

[WittLace]

Thanks for the suggestions. I did a combo of both methods... scooped and then used the siphon for the last bit of it.  Worked great!

 

[sawickib]

Glad it worked! 

 

[RCA]

Great ... Now onto phase 2... with pics