hotelbravo
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Hello all i just moved houses which would have been stressful without the tank but moving the tank was a big job and i couldnt have done it without all of you guys giving advice to others and helping me plan the tank move.
The day of the move around 8 am we started draining the tank and taking out the live rock. water went into 5 gallon buckets and the rock went into large storage containers lined with heavy duty trash bags and filled with about 5 inches of water to keep the rock wet.
i then took the fish and inverts out and put them in two seperate buckets with a battery powered air stone attached.
the stand has a 30 gallon sump in it and i did not want to drain the entire sump and remove the rock and macro so i left about 4 inches of water in it and loaded the stand onto the trailer with sump still intact.
the drive was a terrible experience every bump gave me a heart attack and to top it off it was storming severely and i had to wrap up everything in plastic sheeting.
when we got to the new house i then filled the tank up outside with about 30 gallons of fresh RO/DI and stirred the sand around to get anything trapped in it out. i siphoned out all of the nasty water and then rinsed the sand in another 30 gallons of RO/DI.
I then put in the under the sand cave system for my snowflake eel which consisted of a few pvc 45 degree elbows. i kept the cave system simple so that i could clean it easier by pointing a powerhead into one of the two cave entrances and sticking the siphon on the second cave entrance collecting everything thats in it. i also made the back portion of the cave out of much larger pvc to give the eel space to move around with ease.
So below are some pictures of the new aquascaping and all my inhabitants which ill admit is a little overstocked but i have no aggression and im ontop of the water changes. and before the tang police jump in the yellow tang will be rehomed shortly ive had it for quite a while now and its been great but i myself feel he is to cramped and a friend with a 240 gallon will be taking him soon.
the inhabitants are
2 clownfish (1 black ice ocellaris & 1 fancy picasso percula)
2 BTA's one rose and one green.
1 flame angel
1 kole tang
1 yellow tang
1 marine betta
2 firefish (started with 3 but lost one about a month ago to an extreme carpet surfing tournament)
1 small female mandarin dragonet who has been with me for 1 year at the end of this month
and lastly the snowflake eel.
My black ice down below the RBTA. the picasso likes to stay on the back side of the anemone the majority of the time but does come out on the other side too just couldnt get a picture of him doing it at that time
the two firefish and kole tang. the firefish are never hiding when the lights are on and share a hole at night. im aware they usually dont stay paired for very long and the average time to keep multiple is about 4 months. ill be watching for aggression.
My beloved mandarin being photo bombed by the flame angel. the mandarin is very shy and goes back into the rocks when you approach the tank. she is getting better though she used to not come out at all. the flame angel is the closest thing to a bully it has messed with a few of the additions that came after him but the bullying subsided after about an hour and he is now best of buds with everything.
My flame angel photo bombing my marine betta who is just to the right of the angel incase you didnt notice him right away. the marine betta is pretty active likes to hang out in all the cave openings and is especially active during the night. and to the far right of the picture is one of the entrances to the eel cave system.
My yellow tang who just happened to be in the same spot the flame angel was in the last picture. i guess they like that opening in the rock work.
My bleached GBTA who i just added a few days ago. so far he is doing great and is very open and acclimating to my lighting slowly by mostly sitting under the rock he is currently on in the photo. he will come out for a few hours then retreat back under the rock which is how i expected he would act
Here is my snowflake eel hiding BEHIND the cave system i installed instead of INSIDE the cave.. go figure. He has showed no signs of aggression towards any fish but has rounded up the hermits into a pile and picked at them trying to get to them.
Another photo of the snowflake at full length
building the pvc cave system i coated the entrances in silicon and dipped them in sand to make a more natural look
The day of the move around 8 am we started draining the tank and taking out the live rock. water went into 5 gallon buckets and the rock went into large storage containers lined with heavy duty trash bags and filled with about 5 inches of water to keep the rock wet.
i then took the fish and inverts out and put them in two seperate buckets with a battery powered air stone attached.
the stand has a 30 gallon sump in it and i did not want to drain the entire sump and remove the rock and macro so i left about 4 inches of water in it and loaded the stand onto the trailer with sump still intact.
the drive was a terrible experience every bump gave me a heart attack and to top it off it was storming severely and i had to wrap up everything in plastic sheeting.
when we got to the new house i then filled the tank up outside with about 30 gallons of fresh RO/DI and stirred the sand around to get anything trapped in it out. i siphoned out all of the nasty water and then rinsed the sand in another 30 gallons of RO/DI.
I then put in the under the sand cave system for my snowflake eel which consisted of a few pvc 45 degree elbows. i kept the cave system simple so that i could clean it easier by pointing a powerhead into one of the two cave entrances and sticking the siphon on the second cave entrance collecting everything thats in it. i also made the back portion of the cave out of much larger pvc to give the eel space to move around with ease.
So below are some pictures of the new aquascaping and all my inhabitants which ill admit is a little overstocked but i have no aggression and im ontop of the water changes. and before the tang police jump in the yellow tang will be rehomed shortly ive had it for quite a while now and its been great but i myself feel he is to cramped and a friend with a 240 gallon will be taking him soon.
the inhabitants are
2 clownfish (1 black ice ocellaris & 1 fancy picasso percula)
2 BTA's one rose and one green.
1 flame angel
1 kole tang
1 yellow tang
1 marine betta
2 firefish (started with 3 but lost one about a month ago to an extreme carpet surfing tournament)
1 small female mandarin dragonet who has been with me for 1 year at the end of this month
and lastly the snowflake eel.
My black ice down below the RBTA. the picasso likes to stay on the back side of the anemone the majority of the time but does come out on the other side too just couldnt get a picture of him doing it at that time
the two firefish and kole tang. the firefish are never hiding when the lights are on and share a hole at night. im aware they usually dont stay paired for very long and the average time to keep multiple is about 4 months. ill be watching for aggression.
My beloved mandarin being photo bombed by the flame angel. the mandarin is very shy and goes back into the rocks when you approach the tank. she is getting better though she used to not come out at all. the flame angel is the closest thing to a bully it has messed with a few of the additions that came after him but the bullying subsided after about an hour and he is now best of buds with everything.
My flame angel photo bombing my marine betta who is just to the right of the angel incase you didnt notice him right away. the marine betta is pretty active likes to hang out in all the cave openings and is especially active during the night. and to the far right of the picture is one of the entrances to the eel cave system.
My yellow tang who just happened to be in the same spot the flame angel was in the last picture. i guess they like that opening in the rock work.
My bleached GBTA who i just added a few days ago. so far he is doing great and is very open and acclimating to my lighting slowly by mostly sitting under the rock he is currently on in the photo. he will come out for a few hours then retreat back under the rock which is how i expected he would act
Here is my snowflake eel hiding BEHIND the cave system i installed instead of INSIDE the cave.. go figure. He has showed no signs of aggression towards any fish but has rounded up the hermits into a pile and picked at them trying to get to them.
Another photo of the snowflake at full length
building the pvc cave system i coated the entrances in silicon and dipped them in sand to make a more natural look
so no photo on that
