Upgrading to a Larger Aquarium

[alex787]

i have a 55 gallon reef Aquarium and i want to upgrade to a 240 gallon aquarium. My 55 gallon Aquarium has live sand, live rocks, corals and fish can any one give me tips or help me on how to move all this to my new 240 gallon aquarium

[Reefing Madness]

Walmart 45 gallon containers for storage. You want to use as much of that 55g water as possible. So you can move your 55g out of the way, move the 240g into place. Place the 240g tank, put in the sand, then rock, then water. Put a dinner plate or big bucket into the tank, use that to fill the tank with. Kinda tough, but you want all your water mixed up 24hrs before you are ready to put it in the tank. I used the 45g tubs and 55 gallon food grade barrels, the barrels only cost me $14ea. I also put the Live Rock and fish into the bathtub when I swapped out my tanks, the 45g tubs are for additional storage.