Help! Tank Cracked!

[lradlbeck]

well unfortunately hubby noticed a crack in my 55 gallon tank last night - thank goodness it isn't leaking but I will ahve to get a new tank today. I just recently purchased the stand and canopy for this unit so I am stuck with the size.
I have 100# of LR and this is a good excuse to get rid of the cc and put in LS
I have a prism skimmer (for up to a 100 gal tank)
and an emperor 400 HOB filter
Also, does anyone have any suggestions for making this move as easy as possible on my critters?
I have hermits, 3 emerald crabs, royal gramma, black domino damsal, yellow tail damsal, 2 green chromis and a lawnmower blenny as well as a brittle star.
I have a few corals - ricordia feather dusters and an open brain.
THanks!!
Liz

 

[hedonic]

I am not sure on the demsions of a 75xh, but I know it would failry expensive because it is an oddball size. If I remeber correctly the 55 is 19" or 20" high? (correct me if I am worng) So the 75xh, providing it is still 12" deep, would have to be a 30" high tank. Regardless of the size you get, as long as your current tank is not leaking, take about 30%-40% of your orginal water and about 1/2 of your LR and set the other tank up to cycle. I would just leave your substrate untill the final move to disrupt it as little as possible. With the fish you have waiting just a few weeks should be fine. Hope that helps!

 

[rgmason]

IMO I'd go ahead and switch over to live sand in the new tank you wont cause to much of a disruption.Like said in the last post i would tank and move over about 30% of the orignal water you have it in to the new tank.Then i would take and get another small bucket and fill it with water and put all of you critters in the bucket,if possible. then i would take and try to move as much of the live rock as possible submerged in water in a bucket to keep from haveing die of and move into the new tank. then to set rock up in new tank ait for tank to clear up a little bit then move critters in a watch closely and monitor water parameters for a couple days to make sure u dont run into a cycle, Its not likely to happen but just incase. what i found helps to keep the load on the filtation down is to take it easy on feeding the critters for a couple days to keep waste down in the tank but all should be fine and dandy for ya good luck and keep us posted.

 

[lradlbeck]

Thanks! Yea my concern was that I have to take EVERYTHING out - to move the old tank away then put the new tank on the stand and put EVERYTHING back in - I have a 10 gallon tank I think that I will set up with the critters for a few days to make sure that the tank is good and stable - I will move the rock from tank to bucket of water back to tank as quick as possible so I don't kill off all the cool things that have grown. I will post before and after pics next week.
Thanks for all the help!!
Liz