tang_man_montreal
Member
Hey guys,
For those of you who don't know, I got an established tank set up over the week-end.
The only advice I can offer anyone considering moving an established tank is this:
START EARLY, and make sure you have lots of containers for the LR, WATER, fishies, etc..etc..etc... and make sure that you have some new salted water ready. And towels.
I started at 9am, and I was still cleaning up at 9PM!! Needless to say, I was TIRED. It took me less time to move my whole house.
Anyways, So far, everything is looking great! I left the lights off till this morning. Corals and fishies seem to be doing fine.
SG is currently between 1.022 and 1.023.
Temp is at 80.
This is a FOWLR setup. 50lbs of LR in a 90gal tank. 4.5" DSB. Overflow going into a 20gal sump. Fluval 403, and a skimmer which isn't currently running.
I fed the 3 fish this morning. The Yellow tang, Regal tang and Serpent star ate right away, althought he long nose hawk stayed hiding, which concerns me a little. I'm going to keep an eye on him.
I won't be able to test for ph, trites, trates, and ammo till Thursday. Since I won't be able to get to my LFS before closing till then. I'm hoping that I'm ok, and I'm thinking I am since I kept most of the water from the original setup and the LR has lots of Coraline on it.
While the lights were off last night and this morning, I did notice lots of critters: lots of mini fan-worms, a 1.5" long worm, some mini stars, and some little red dots crawling on the glass. I also noticed some Aptasia, and some bubble algae which I will get a handle on with a peppermint shrimp and an emerald crab eventually...
Does anyone have any thoughts on what I might have forgotten? Or any advice? I will try and get some pics up soon, since I'll need help Identifying some of the stuff in here.
Thanks guys, I know I couldn't have done it without this board.
For those of you who don't know, I got an established tank set up over the week-end.
The only advice I can offer anyone considering moving an established tank is this:
START EARLY, and make sure you have lots of containers for the LR, WATER, fishies, etc..etc..etc... and make sure that you have some new salted water ready. And towels.
I started at 9am, and I was still cleaning up at 9PM!! Needless to say, I was TIRED. It took me less time to move my whole house.
Anyways, So far, everything is looking great! I left the lights off till this morning. Corals and fishies seem to be doing fine.
SG is currently between 1.022 and 1.023.
Temp is at 80.
This is a FOWLR setup. 50lbs of LR in a 90gal tank. 4.5" DSB. Overflow going into a 20gal sump. Fluval 403, and a skimmer which isn't currently running.
I fed the 3 fish this morning. The Yellow tang, Regal tang and Serpent star ate right away, althought he long nose hawk stayed hiding, which concerns me a little. I'm going to keep an eye on him.
I won't be able to test for ph, trites, trates, and ammo till Thursday. Since I won't be able to get to my LFS before closing till then. I'm hoping that I'm ok, and I'm thinking I am since I kept most of the water from the original setup and the LR has lots of Coraline on it.
While the lights were off last night and this morning, I did notice lots of critters: lots of mini fan-worms, a 1.5" long worm, some mini stars, and some little red dots crawling on the glass. I also noticed some Aptasia, and some bubble algae which I will get a handle on with a peppermint shrimp and an emerald crab eventually...
Does anyone have any thoughts on what I might have forgotten? Or any advice? I will try and get some pics up soon, since I'll need help Identifying some of the stuff in here.
Thanks guys, I know I couldn't have done it without this board.