Cliving1
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Title says it all. Next Thursday I am going down to Fort Lauderdale/Miami area to visit my older brother for his birthday. While I am down there, I am going to take advantage of the nice pricing and selection. The trip will be roughly 6 hours on the way back. So I had looking for some advice on how to bring them back up north.
Currently in my 80gallon I have a longnose hawkfish and six line wrasse (not a big fan of him/her but my local store doesn't have a lot of selection).
I have 2 20 gallon tanks that I want to try the tank transfer method with. Before I used 1 of the 20's and a cooler and it worked on the fish above. I just bought the smart aqua ATO and it has impressed me so far so I should be able to walk away from the tank for 48 hours no problem.
My brother showed me a picture of local stores in his area and it looked like his phone had...chicken pox.
SO, I would like to invest in some fish, as well as corals (not too worried about transporting those). I am going to bring 2 coolers/buckets with and some pvc. Should I buy store water, put fish in the coolers/buckets and get moving? How long can they last in there before ammonia starts to build? Should I just leave them in bags and stack them neatly? Those kind of questions.
For stocking wise, I would love a new wrasse, but without getting the six line out, I dont want to risk putting another in (and I dont want to teardown unless worth it). I love angels, last time I lost a flameback he bought me and it was 19.99 (cant beat that). I also enjoy anthias, and think my tank could handle a male and 3 female, but am worried about the feeding schedule required/hardiness of the fish. Can anyone recommend a hardier anthias species? I think my tank is too small for a tang so I am not going that route. I dont have any bottom dwellers so a nice blenny/goby would be good. I dont want to go crazy but I do want to take advantage of the selection/pricing.
Sorry for the long thread, but I could use some advice!
Currently in my 80gallon I have a longnose hawkfish and six line wrasse (not a big fan of him/her but my local store doesn't have a lot of selection).
I have 2 20 gallon tanks that I want to try the tank transfer method with. Before I used 1 of the 20's and a cooler and it worked on the fish above. I just bought the smart aqua ATO and it has impressed me so far so I should be able to walk away from the tank for 48 hours no problem.
My brother showed me a picture of local stores in his area and it looked like his phone had...chicken pox.
SO, I would like to invest in some fish, as well as corals (not too worried about transporting those). I am going to bring 2 coolers/buckets with and some pvc. Should I buy store water, put fish in the coolers/buckets and get moving? How long can they last in there before ammonia starts to build? Should I just leave them in bags and stack them neatly? Those kind of questions.
For stocking wise, I would love a new wrasse, but without getting the six line out, I dont want to risk putting another in (and I dont want to teardown unless worth it). I love angels, last time I lost a flameback he bought me and it was 19.99 (cant beat that). I also enjoy anthias, and think my tank could handle a male and 3 female, but am worried about the feeding schedule required/hardiness of the fish. Can anyone recommend a hardier anthias species? I think my tank is too small for a tang so I am not going that route. I dont have any bottom dwellers so a nice blenny/goby would be good. I dont want to go crazy but I do want to take advantage of the selection/pricing.
Sorry for the long thread, but I could use some advice!
