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Unread 12/08/2018, 09:11 AM   #1
Rio1969
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Moving Fish to Larger Tank

I am going to start moving my fish from my 100 over to my 279g tank today.
Fish are:
Regal Angel
Diamond Goby
Hippo Tang (small)
Lemon Peel Mimic Tang
Naso Tang
Purple Tang
Powder Blue Tang
Sohal Tang in quarantine

All except the ST are in the 100g. My plan is to move them over in the order listed above. How long should I give fish to settle into the 279g tank before adding the next one?


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Unread 12/08/2018, 10:11 AM   #2
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Personally I wouldn’t wait any time. They all know each other and by the time the dust settles they’ll all be back together. Match water parameters and have at it. This is just my opinion of course.


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Unread 12/08/2018, 12:46 PM   #3
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I agree that you'll want to match the water parameters, and just put them all in. Since you're going from a 100 gallon tank, you're probably going to need to lower the water level to actually catch the fish. When you remove the water do your best to keep the water "clean" (not sucking up the sand bed) and then put that water in the 279g. You can also go ahead and put the rock work from the 100 into there as well to alleviate any cycling issues (your tank doesn't crash when you do a large water change, which is essentially what this is. Then start putting the least aggressive fish in first, although just catching the fish will probably be hard enough, so I'd just put whatever swims into the net in the 279 first.


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Unread 12/08/2018, 03:34 PM   #4
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All at once. The only match of water param you need are temp and SG. If they match you are good to go.


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Unread 12/08/2018, 05:32 PM   #5
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Thanks for the advice guys.


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Unread 12/08/2018, 07:09 PM   #6
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Please keep us informed on how it goes. Take pics if you can too please.


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Unread 12/08/2018, 07:50 PM   #7
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Please keep us informed on how it goes. Take pics if you can too please.
I have to put off the move for another day, I added some sand this morning and the water turned cloudy. I am waiting till it clears up before I move the fish. Got some 10 micron filter socks arriving tomorrow.


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Unread 12/10/2018, 09:25 PM   #8
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All the fish were moved to the 279g tank tonight. So far so good. When should I add the Sohal Tang?


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Unread 12/11/2018, 10:49 AM   #9
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Move him in now! Now everyone is learning there new spot so I say go now


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Unread 12/11/2018, 05:55 PM   #10
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Move him in now! Now everyone is learning there new spot so I say go now
Had to wait to get the salinity matched, he is in the 279g tank now. So far so good, nobody is fighting as yet.


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Unread 12/11/2018, 06:49 PM   #11
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They most likely won’t fight. Transferring fish to a new tank is as simple as it gets. Just dump them in as you catch em. Your overthinking it...


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Unread 12/11/2018, 11:05 PM   #12
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Id dump them all in no reason to wait


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