electriclunch
Reefing newb
Sometime soon we have a move coming up. Pretty much whenever and wherever my boyfriends job sends him. Right now we're looking at Texas which is about 1000 miles away from where we currently live.
At the moment we have a 55g reef tank that we've had up for about 2 years that we're hoping to move with us. Our only two fish and most if not all of our inverts I assume will not survive the move so we're trying to make arrangements to leave them with friends or the LFS. So pretty much we're just moving the corals.
What's the best way to go about moving them that far? My one LFS told me to just stick them all in a 5g bucket and submerge them in tank water but for a 1000 mile drive they would definitely be sloshing around and banging into each other, yeah? The guy's generally not very knowledgeable and we pretty much only ever buy hardware from him. I was planning on bagging each one separately and sticking them all in a styrofoam container like the ones you get when you get corals shipped. Would we need heat packs in the container with the bags? I've heard a pellet of carbon in the bags will keep the slime/chemicals down, is it necessary/recommended?
Once we get there I plan on downgrading. The 55 is just too big. Especially since we don't even really want fish. Maybe one or a pair of b&w clowns. Just coral and inverts would really be fine with me. Aiming for a 15-20g tank once we move. Much smaller footprint and maybe I can actually reach the bottom of the tank. -_-;
So for keeping mostly softies and LPS (I miiiight try for SPS if the light price is right), what lighting fixture/how many bulbs would you recommend? The light on the 55 is a CF lunar aqualight that's kept even some corals healthy that should have higher light.
Trying to get a grasp on whether or not to just get a biocube or to start with my own setup. I just hate the look of the biocubes but it seems convenient to just get everything in one transaction.
Is a protein skimmer needed in that small of a tank? Either with or without fish?
Lastly, looking at the tank at night the last couple days we've seen a monster looking worm. Thing was about 15 inches long moving across the back of the tank and looks like a centipede. It's reddish brown and looks sort of blue/green shiny with the flashlight. I assume some sort of Eunice worm. I'm not too worried about extracting him before the move unless I need to. Whats the best way to make sure I don't bring him with me? Would it be more prudent to just buy new LR when we reach our destination? Other than the bits the corals are attached to anyway.
Long winded. Sorry! But thanks for the time.
At the moment we have a 55g reef tank that we've had up for about 2 years that we're hoping to move with us. Our only two fish and most if not all of our inverts I assume will not survive the move so we're trying to make arrangements to leave them with friends or the LFS. So pretty much we're just moving the corals.
What's the best way to go about moving them that far? My one LFS told me to just stick them all in a 5g bucket and submerge them in tank water but for a 1000 mile drive they would definitely be sloshing around and banging into each other, yeah? The guy's generally not very knowledgeable and we pretty much only ever buy hardware from him. I was planning on bagging each one separately and sticking them all in a styrofoam container like the ones you get when you get corals shipped. Would we need heat packs in the container with the bags? I've heard a pellet of carbon in the bags will keep the slime/chemicals down, is it necessary/recommended?
Once we get there I plan on downgrading. The 55 is just too big. Especially since we don't even really want fish. Maybe one or a pair of b&w clowns. Just coral and inverts would really be fine with me. Aiming for a 15-20g tank once we move. Much smaller footprint and maybe I can actually reach the bottom of the tank. -_-;
So for keeping mostly softies and LPS (I miiiight try for SPS if the light price is right), what lighting fixture/how many bulbs would you recommend? The light on the 55 is a CF lunar aqualight that's kept even some corals healthy that should have higher light.
Trying to get a grasp on whether or not to just get a biocube or to start with my own setup. I just hate the look of the biocubes but it seems convenient to just get everything in one transaction.
Is a protein skimmer needed in that small of a tank? Either with or without fish?
Lastly, looking at the tank at night the last couple days we've seen a monster looking worm. Thing was about 15 inches long moving across the back of the tank and looks like a centipede. It's reddish brown and looks sort of blue/green shiny with the flashlight. I assume some sort of Eunice worm. I'm not too worried about extracting him before the move unless I need to. Whats the best way to make sure I don't bring him with me? Would it be more prudent to just buy new LR when we reach our destination? Other than the bits the corals are attached to anyway.
Long winded. Sorry! But thanks for the time.
