jdcbohmart
Reefing newb
A couple months ago, we purchased a 125 gallon saltwater setup from someone on craigslist. They had it setup for over 4 years. We got the tank with everything including an 18 inch snowflake eel, a grouper, a picasso trigger, an undulated trigger, a niger trigger, a dogfaced puffer, a clown fish, and a yellow tang. We successfully moved the entire tank, every bit of the water and all of the animals about an hour away with no difficulty. The only thing they didn't have on it was a protein skimmer, which we added. The problem, of course, is that we needed to let the tank cycle after the move because the rock and sand was moved. :sfish:
We set up a second tank, 55 gallons, and let it cycle and we temporarily moved all of the animals into it so that the larger tank can cycle with nothing but the live rock and sand in it. We are learning, but have found that we are inundated with lots of well meaning, but contradictory advice by many so called 'experts'. To get everything in balance we have been advised to purchase lots of products only to find that the tank does what it wants in it's own time. :grumble:
Our plan is to eventually have the larger tank with corals and a few friendly fish and use the smaller tank for the more aggressive fish. We have joined this forum to see what has been working for others. Our biggest challenge right now is that we can't seem to get the Ph to stay up. We add Ph to them both and they show 8.0 to 8.2 and then the next day they both show 7.8 .
We look forward to any helpful advice anyone may have! :D
J and D
We set up a second tank, 55 gallons, and let it cycle and we temporarily moved all of the animals into it so that the larger tank can cycle with nothing but the live rock and sand in it. We are learning, but have found that we are inundated with lots of well meaning, but contradictory advice by many so called 'experts'. To get everything in balance we have been advised to purchase lots of products only to find that the tank does what it wants in it's own time. :grumble:
Our plan is to eventually have the larger tank with corals and a few friendly fish and use the smaller tank for the more aggressive fish. We have joined this forum to see what has been working for others. Our biggest challenge right now is that we can't seem to get the Ph to stay up. We add Ph to them both and they show 8.0 to 8.2 and then the next day they both show 7.8 .
We look forward to any helpful advice anyone may have! :D
J and D