TerriW
New Member
I have a stock RSM130D and am only moving about 10 miles. I live in Houston and the climate should be very mild during the move. I have a variety of corals, 2 clowns, 1 yellow watchman goby, 1 royal gramma and a CUC consisting of several hermits, 2 peppermint shrimp and lots of assorted snails. My tank has been running since 8/10.
So, I've done a search on the forum for "moving", read lots of posts, but still need some advice.
There seems to be several different opinions on the LS. Some say dump it, some say rinse and reuse, some say to leave it in place covered with tank water and move the tank this way, so I'm just not sure what to do. I am leaning towards replacing the sand. I used the RSM substrate provided when I purchase the tank and am thinking of replacing it with something else, maybe Seaflor special grade reef sand.
I have several corals (torch, frogspawn, toadstool, candy canes) mounted to the LR. I'm not sure if I should try to move them as is or detach them from their mounts. Everything is mounted with adhesive except the toadstool, he attached himself to the rock.
I plan on bagging the fish, peppermints, hermits and unmounted coral (open brain, plate, etc.) The snails will depend on what I do with the LS. I will save the tank water and having prepared water on hand. I have lots of buckets and will get bags, styrofoam shipping boxes, etc. from my LFS.
Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much,
Terri
My biggest concerns are avoiding a cycle and corals being damaged during transport, especially the torch and frogspawn.
So, I've done a search on the forum for "moving", read lots of posts, but still need some advice.
There seems to be several different opinions on the LS. Some say dump it, some say rinse and reuse, some say to leave it in place covered with tank water and move the tank this way, so I'm just not sure what to do. I am leaning towards replacing the sand. I used the RSM substrate provided when I purchase the tank and am thinking of replacing it with something else, maybe Seaflor special grade reef sand.
I have several corals (torch, frogspawn, toadstool, candy canes) mounted to the LR. I'm not sure if I should try to move them as is or detach them from their mounts. Everything is mounted with adhesive except the toadstool, he attached himself to the rock.
I plan on bagging the fish, peppermints, hermits and unmounted coral (open brain, plate, etc.) The snails will depend on what I do with the LS. I will save the tank water and having prepared water on hand. I have lots of buckets and will get bags, styrofoam shipping boxes, etc. from my LFS.
Any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much,
Terri
My biggest concerns are avoiding a cycle and corals being damaged during transport, especially the torch and frogspawn.