FishFrenzy
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi Everyone...
In advance I appreciate any help and responses.
I am going to be moving in a month from Tulsa, OK to Rhode Island, as you can imagine a very long trip.
I have a 75 Reef tank with several corals. It has 1 clown fish, 1 yellow tang and 1 lawnmower blenny and several inverts.
My plan is to put most of the live rock and water into a moveable storage container...something along the lines of a big plastic tote from Walmart, etc. I am contemplating purchasing a battery operated pump or buying an AC adapter for my car to run an air pump for circulation. Depending on the climate I may also add a submersible heater to run out of my car as well.
I do plan on keep most of the water to re-setup the tank upon arrival.
One of my biggest questions is for my LS and if I keep it or just get new. I'm not sure how much of a cycle I will get with moving the sand and it stirring up...or if I should just replace the sand with new. I know this will destroy the good bacteria, but now sure which is better. I will also try to preserve my filter material for bacterial reasons.
As for my fish I am planning on floating them in bags from my LFS and making sure there is plenty of air in the bags. Can the inverts also be bagged?
As for my corals..should those be bagged? I do have some xenia attached to a good sized piece of live rock, as well as my sebae anemone attached to live rock. Will they survive without being bagged and just placed in the container..as long as I can make sure the rocks to not move too much during transport?
Thank you all again for the great information found on this forum and I look forward to your responses.
In advance I appreciate any help and responses.
I am going to be moving in a month from Tulsa, OK to Rhode Island, as you can imagine a very long trip.
I have a 75 Reef tank with several corals. It has 1 clown fish, 1 yellow tang and 1 lawnmower blenny and several inverts.
My plan is to put most of the live rock and water into a moveable storage container...something along the lines of a big plastic tote from Walmart, etc. I am contemplating purchasing a battery operated pump or buying an AC adapter for my car to run an air pump for circulation. Depending on the climate I may also add a submersible heater to run out of my car as well.
I do plan on keep most of the water to re-setup the tank upon arrival.
One of my biggest questions is for my LS and if I keep it or just get new. I'm not sure how much of a cycle I will get with moving the sand and it stirring up...or if I should just replace the sand with new. I know this will destroy the good bacteria, but now sure which is better. I will also try to preserve my filter material for bacterial reasons.
As for my fish I am planning on floating them in bags from my LFS and making sure there is plenty of air in the bags. Can the inverts also be bagged?
As for my corals..should those be bagged? I do have some xenia attached to a good sized piece of live rock, as well as my sebae anemone attached to live rock. Will they survive without being bagged and just placed in the container..as long as I can make sure the rocks to not move too much during transport?
Thank you all again for the great information found on this forum and I look forward to your responses.