Anselth
Well-Known Member
Well, about a year ago my 110 Gallon system crashed suddenly, leaving me sad and discouraged. My 70 Gallon Reef continued chugging along, doing fairly well, but I didn't feel like adding any new fish to it and really just kept up the status quo. I didn't break the 110 down, however. A couple of reasons for this: I didn't have anywhere to stow it in my apartment, and as long as I kept water flowing, fed the snails that were still in there, and topped off the water every week or so, the live rock would maintain it's biological capacity.
Last month I was finally able to purchase a house, and moved the 110 down into the basement. I set up a 100 gallon skimmer/return rubbermaid tub and a 70 gallon tub to serve as a fuge, and tied the tank back into it. Once the parameters equalized, I transferred the live rock and livestock from the 70 at the apartment to the 110 on Saturday. There's somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 pounds of live rock in the system right now, along with 100+ pounds of a mixture of aragonite sand, live rock rubble, and crushed coral. During the move I got rid of the majority of both of the old sandbeds, but kept a few cupfuls of sand from each to seed the new bed. So far, everything seems to be doing well, along with the snails and corals, I have a sea cucumber, and my bicolor blenny and coral beauty angel from the 70.
Right now I don't have internet access at the hous, but here's a photo of the new setup. Quality isn't the best, but you can get a rough idea:
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I promise to take and upload better photos once I can access the internet from my home computer.
Last month I was finally able to purchase a house, and moved the 110 down into the basement. I set up a 100 gallon skimmer/return rubbermaid tub and a 70 gallon tub to serve as a fuge, and tied the tank back into it. Once the parameters equalized, I transferred the live rock and livestock from the 70 at the apartment to the 110 on Saturday. There's somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 pounds of live rock in the system right now, along with 100+ pounds of a mixture of aragonite sand, live rock rubble, and crushed coral. During the move I got rid of the majority of both of the old sandbeds, but kept a few cupfuls of sand from each to seed the new bed. So far, everything seems to be doing well, along with the snails and corals, I have a sea cucumber, and my bicolor blenny and coral beauty angel from the 70.
Right now I don't have internet access at the hous, but here's a photo of the new setup. Quality isn't the best, but you can get a rough idea:
(Clickable thumbnail)
I promise to take and upload better photos once I can access the internet from my home computer.