Avoiding a sandbed crash when moving tanks

[Madreefer]

I too have done this several times. Just rinse ur old sand and keep rinsing. I use RO water but I have a huge reservoir. Keep 2-3 cups of your old sand and don't rinse that and just mix it in with the rinsed sand. Don't know about the others but I do the same with brand new sand anyways. But if one can afford to run a SW tank than sand really isnt that expensive

[Slick Fork]

Thanks for the help

Spent the day moving everything and the new tank is up and kind of running. Old sandbed is still in the old tank, I may rinse it really good tomorrow but we'll see how ambitious I am. I may just buy new stuff, we'll see how tomorrow morning goes!

Back into a big(ish) tank - 75 gallons now! Feels good

[The Grizz]

Did you use the same stand the old tank was on?

[Slick Fork]

I did, having an existing stand was a big driver as to the size and shape of tank I could get.

I'm hoping that this is going to be a nice compromise between the stability and versatility of a big tank without the maintenance bill of a 100+ tank.

[The Grizz]

Nice!! Where's the pics MR.

[Slick Fork]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Nice!! Where's the pics MR.

I'll start a build thread up fairly quickly...

I tried rinsing out a small sample icecream container of sand and after 10 minutes full blast on the tap it was still looking pretty nasty. I think I'll toss the rest and just start with fresh stuff.