cinnamongirl
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Well, if there's one piece of advice I can give in this hobby, it is to never move. I know others have been successful and moving tanks, but I wasn't.
Last weekend, I moved from Altoona to Erie. At the same time, I decided to upgrade my display tank from 75 to 125g. I carefully packed everything in bags, buckets and boxes, and bought two 35gal water transport containers to take as much of my old water as possible. I had 35g of fresh SW waiting for me in my new tank in Erie.
Unfortunately, it took longer to pack my tank and equipment than expected and it was MUCH colder than expected that night. So, between teardown, packing, loading the uhaul, and driving 4 hours, my water temp dropped to below 50 degrees (it was 39 outside that night!!!). I made a decision to keep the corals in their containers for another 4 hours while the water increased to at least 75, which apparently was the wrong decision.
So, in the last 4 days, everything has died. Mushrooms and LPS immediately slimed with brown jelly. Acros bleached within hours. Fish and inverts died the next day. the only thing that may make it are my softies, which I'm still not sure about. I've been doing 35g water changes twice a day to try to slow the dying process, pulling out the dead stuff. Today, I'm finally able to at least see through the water column, and there's nothing left but rock.
To say that I'm devastated would be the understatement of the century.
:sad2:
Last weekend, I moved from Altoona to Erie. At the same time, I decided to upgrade my display tank from 75 to 125g. I carefully packed everything in bags, buckets and boxes, and bought two 35gal water transport containers to take as much of my old water as possible. I had 35g of fresh SW waiting for me in my new tank in Erie.
Unfortunately, it took longer to pack my tank and equipment than expected and it was MUCH colder than expected that night. So, between teardown, packing, loading the uhaul, and driving 4 hours, my water temp dropped to below 50 degrees (it was 39 outside that night!!!). I made a decision to keep the corals in their containers for another 4 hours while the water increased to at least 75, which apparently was the wrong decision.
So, in the last 4 days, everything has died. Mushrooms and LPS immediately slimed with brown jelly. Acros bleached within hours. Fish and inverts died the next day. the only thing that may make it are my softies, which I'm still not sure about. I've been doing 35g water changes twice a day to try to slow the dying process, pulling out the dead stuff. Today, I'm finally able to at least see through the water column, and there's nothing left but rock.
To say that I'm devastated would be the understatement of the century.
:sad2:
