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I decided to move my 240 g mixed reef from my home to my office. The tank was in my home for around 10 years. I remarried and the tank took second fiddle. I purchased an office building and completed a renovation. After looking at one of the spare offices, it seemed like a good home for my reef tank. The office is adjacent to a store room. There's water and drainage in the storeroom so water changes and the likes would be fairly manageable. My office is around the corner from Dan's "Reef in the Desert" fish store, Fishy Bizness. The tank dimensions are: 72"x24"x34" with two overflows, two 1" returns and two 2" drains. My sump was an old glass tank with an external barracuda pump.
First step, cleaning.
1. Rock was placed in garbage cans
2. Sand was scooped out for disposal
3. Vinegar water and RODI was used to cleanse the tank and stand
4. All pumps, sump, refugium, CA reactor, skimmer, mag drives, ozone, and chiller needed to be cleaned and reviewed for salvage.
The process of cleaning was tedious at best. But, I able to get all the equipment boxed up. I filled the tank with RODI water and scrubbed and scrapped all of the surfaces. I filled the rock garbage cans with the old RO/DI water from the tank.
First step, cleaning.
1. Rock was placed in garbage cans
2. Sand was scooped out for disposal
3. Vinegar water and RODI was used to cleanse the tank and stand
4. All pumps, sump, refugium, CA reactor, skimmer, mag drives, ozone, and chiller needed to be cleaned and reviewed for salvage.
The process of cleaning was tedious at best. But, I able to get all the equipment boxed up. I filled the tank with RODI water and scrubbed and scrapped all of the surfaces. I filled the rock garbage cans with the old RO/DI water from the tank.