Tank Upgrade

[kev0101]

In three weeks my new 100 gallon (UK) tank will be at my door. I will be upgrading from my current 50 gallon tank. This is when the fun will begin, as the new tank will be going on the stand that my old tank is sitting on. The plan I have come up with is to buy a large plastic container of about 30 gallon, half fill it with tank water and top up from the tap. Then transfer the fish into that. This will then allow me to drain the main tank move it to its temporary new home and take out the equipment that is to be transfered to the new tank. Then the fish can be transfered back into the tank.Now I will have all of the fish in the old tank in another part of the house giving me chance to get the new tank set up as I want it.

Can anyone see a problem with doing things this way around? Or have any suggestions that are better?

The next thing is going to be filtration. In my 50 gallon I currently have a fluval 305 and a large air driven sponge filter. I figure that since I'm doubling the size of the tank I'm obviously going to need more filtration so I've gone out and bought a fluval 405
that I am running at the moment in place of my 305 with the media out of the 305, just to get one more try of media cycled. I plan to run all 3 filters in the new tank for a couple of weeks and then maybe lose the sponge filter.

What would be the best way to place the pickups for the externals, next to each other or at opposing ends of the tank?

Thanks in advance.

 

[fall-apart-dave]

Surely you need to cycle the new tank first? Why not build an intermediate stand, drain most of your old tank, moce it onto there, refill, put the new tank on the stand, cycle it, then move the fishies over and get rid of the old gear?

 

[dthoffsett]

What would be the best way to place the pickups for the externals, next to each other or at opposing ends of the tank?

Thanks in advance.

Your plan sounds fine to me, have fun with all the heavy lifting.

I run two filters on my 75 gal since I keep mbuna, I've found it's best to put your filters on opposite ends, that way you don't get any dead spots or waste accumulation on one end.

 

[Tobigara]

i see nothing wrong with your plan. good luck with your new tank

 

[kev0101]

have fun with all the heavy lifting.

Yer thanks Mind is shouldn't be to bad as I have let a few friends know that there will be a barrel of beer and a pizza here that weekend

Thanks every one for your reply's. Now to put the doors on the stand.