tomterreefic
tomterreefic
If the time comes that you need to move a long distance. Don't move your tank. Just sell the damn thing and start over. It will be alot easier, alot less stressful and probably cheaper.
I moved my tank Thursday. I left Newberry, SC around 8am Thur. morning. I arrived in Southport, NC around 12:30PM. I tore down the tank and packed al the corals nice and neat. I then drove the 4.5 hours back to Newberry. I didn't get here until 2am. So of course I have no way of getting the tank into the house by myself. I bring in the corals and fish and get powerheads in their coolers to at least get some water flow. I then go out yesterday and find some help. So we got the tank in the house around 3PM yesterday. I filled it back up with water and decided to let the sediment settle before putting the live rock and live stock back in the tank. So I left and drove back to Southport last night. I had to finish gathering my belongings and clean my apartment. I left Southport at 12:30PM and drove back to Newberry. After detouring around a wreck every 1/2 mile in Columbia (It rained. Enough said?) I finally got to my house around 6:30PM. I started unloading the truck and noticed the house A/C didn't sound right. So I walked over, and sure enough, the A/C compressor has siezed. So my house now has no A/C. Of course it's only 100+ degrees outside. I walk inside to the unholy smell of dead corals. Every one of my Acros has died. Its now 1AM and I still have no A/C. By now it's getting late on a Saturday night and its storming outside. So all the A/C companies say "Someone will come out tomorrow and see what's wrong with it." They better quit "seeing" and start "fixing".
I need to get the animals back into the tank, but without A/C, I can't run the MH. That'll just cook 'em more. Besides, the damn water is already 85 Degrees now. I'd take everything to an LFS, but of course, since it's Sunday, nobody will open until 1PM today.
So, if you ever have to move, do what Timmy and Joe did. Sell the stuff to good friends and start a new tank. Then when the tank's ready, buy back what you can and get frags of the rest. It'll be worth it to you, your friends and the animals.
I moved my tank Thursday. I left Newberry, SC around 8am Thur. morning. I arrived in Southport, NC around 12:30PM. I tore down the tank and packed al the corals nice and neat. I then drove the 4.5 hours back to Newberry. I didn't get here until 2am. So of course I have no way of getting the tank into the house by myself. I bring in the corals and fish and get powerheads in their coolers to at least get some water flow. I then go out yesterday and find some help. So we got the tank in the house around 3PM yesterday. I filled it back up with water and decided to let the sediment settle before putting the live rock and live stock back in the tank. So I left and drove back to Southport last night. I had to finish gathering my belongings and clean my apartment. I left Southport at 12:30PM and drove back to Newberry. After detouring around a wreck every 1/2 mile in Columbia (It rained. Enough said?) I finally got to my house around 6:30PM. I started unloading the truck and noticed the house A/C didn't sound right. So I walked over, and sure enough, the A/C compressor has siezed. So my house now has no A/C. Of course it's only 100+ degrees outside. I walk inside to the unholy smell of dead corals. Every one of my Acros has died. Its now 1AM and I still have no A/C. By now it's getting late on a Saturday night and its storming outside. So all the A/C companies say "Someone will come out tomorrow and see what's wrong with it." They better quit "seeing" and start "fixing".
I need to get the animals back into the tank, but without A/C, I can't run the MH. That'll just cook 'em more. Besides, the damn water is already 85 Degrees now. I'd take everything to an LFS, but of course, since it's Sunday, nobody will open until 1PM today.
So, if you ever have to move, do what Timmy and Joe did. Sell the stuff to good friends and start a new tank. Then when the tank's ready, buy back what you can and get frags of the rest. It'll be worth it to you, your friends and the animals.
