This past weekend I undertook the moving of my tank. Who knew moving a 4ft was such a mission.
I had another 4ft (1200x600x450 - LxDxW) at my new place ready to be filled and eagerly awaiting the new fish.
I had been planning this move for a while and just hoped it would go smoothly.
I started by removing all the corals and placing them in a temp setup and the new house.
After that the fish were caught, unfortunatly a crab got hold of my beloved tamarin wrasse. The crab was a drab grey colour with strong pincers. He was forcefully removed, may he RIP.
The next step was to get all the water out the tank and put it into the new tank. I wanted to use as much of the water as possible. As the new tank was deeper I had some premixed synthetic salt on hand.
The tank and sump were drained and the live rock moved to the new house.
By this time i had used all my synthetic salt and had no more RO water. The gravel had to be cleaned. My only other option was to add all the gravel in its current filthy state to the tank. All I can say is thank god for big resirc skimmers. My RS 2 started to go wild. It pumped out thick muddy water for about 2 hours. At this time I had a powerhead with a decent venturi going, just to keep the dirt in suspension.
After the 2 hour wait got some of the rock in and placed the corals where I could. The aquascaping is going to come in the next few weeks once I can get some new decent rock.
My System specs are as follows now.
Tank - 1200x600x450 (LxDxW)
Sump - 1200x200x400 (LxDxW)
Soon to be fuge combined with DSB - 900x500x450 (LxDxW)
Lighting
1 3ft ATI Pure Blue
1 3ft Aquamedic White
1 4ft Geiseman Pure Actinic
2 4ft Aquamedic White
1 4ft Actinic Aquamedic.
MH not connected yet.
The White T5's are going to be replaced with the ATI Reef Spezial (that is what is says on the tube)
Skimmer
Reeftek RS2 Recirc Skimmer - Connected to overflow then leads into sump.
Pumps
Aqua H20 Return Pump 2800 lph
Seio 820 (Need to get another 3)
Assorted power heads 1 with Hydor Korilla
Fish
Brown Surgeon
Pencil Surgeon
Cleaner Wrasse
Iridis Wrasse
Anampses Wrasse
Tamarin Wrasse
Maroon Clown
Blue Damsel
Pair of CB shrimps
Corals
Green Stars
Brown Stars
Gorgonian
Anenome
Blue mushrooms
Sarcophytons
Candy Cane
Organ Pipe
Assorted Zoo's
I am wanting to start moving towards LPS.
This is my old tank
I will post pics tomorrow tomorrow.
Smithers
I had another 4ft (1200x600x450 - LxDxW) at my new place ready to be filled and eagerly awaiting the new fish.
I had been planning this move for a while and just hoped it would go smoothly.
I started by removing all the corals and placing them in a temp setup and the new house.
After that the fish were caught, unfortunatly a crab got hold of my beloved tamarin wrasse. The crab was a drab grey colour with strong pincers. He was forcefully removed, may he RIP.
The next step was to get all the water out the tank and put it into the new tank. I wanted to use as much of the water as possible. As the new tank was deeper I had some premixed synthetic salt on hand.
The tank and sump were drained and the live rock moved to the new house.
By this time i had used all my synthetic salt and had no more RO water. The gravel had to be cleaned. My only other option was to add all the gravel in its current filthy state to the tank. All I can say is thank god for big resirc skimmers. My RS 2 started to go wild. It pumped out thick muddy water for about 2 hours. At this time I had a powerhead with a decent venturi going, just to keep the dirt in suspension.
After the 2 hour wait got some of the rock in and placed the corals where I could. The aquascaping is going to come in the next few weeks once I can get some new decent rock.
My System specs are as follows now.
Tank - 1200x600x450 (LxDxW)
Sump - 1200x200x400 (LxDxW)
Soon to be fuge combined with DSB - 900x500x450 (LxDxW)
Lighting
1 3ft ATI Pure Blue
1 3ft Aquamedic White
1 4ft Geiseman Pure Actinic
2 4ft Aquamedic White
1 4ft Actinic Aquamedic.
MH not connected yet.
The White T5's are going to be replaced with the ATI Reef Spezial (that is what is says on the tube)
Skimmer
Reeftek RS2 Recirc Skimmer - Connected to overflow then leads into sump.
Pumps
Aqua H20 Return Pump 2800 lph
Seio 820 (Need to get another 3)
Assorted power heads 1 with Hydor Korilla
Fish
Brown Surgeon
Pencil Surgeon
Cleaner Wrasse
Iridis Wrasse
Anampses Wrasse
Tamarin Wrasse
Maroon Clown
Blue Damsel
Pair of CB shrimps
Corals
Green Stars
Brown Stars
Gorgonian
Anenome
Blue mushrooms
Sarcophytons
Candy Cane
Organ Pipe
Assorted Zoo's
I am wanting to start moving towards LPS.
This is my old tank
I will post pics tomorrow tomorrow.
Smithers