I made it a year with these poor guys in a BC 14 (being encouraged NOT to upgrade the tank by the person who gave it to me), am finally in my larger place and hubby just said a bigger tank would fit on my stand!!!! hahaha I mean I KNOW that was the idea lol So my FIRST tank purchase questions:
Where to start?
- in San Francisco apartment where a delivery from an online order would not fit into the delivery lockers and should not be seen by the front desk and other residents …
- so if picking up at a LFS (which one?! lol) and
- what do I ask at the store? I know to check the box for dings -do I have them open the box and show me too?
- Make sure stand is level (there are some screws in the top- do i put a mat under the BC 32?
- at home, fill with water and how long to let sit to test water tightness & possible leaks fr unevenness? 3 days? a week?
- move to new tank (live rock first, toss the old sand (will see how many critters i can save ), add new sand, mix of water from old tank and new, then my livestock
- After how many days can i say this tank is all set and toss the old one? I’d love to keep it as QT but hubby’s final sticking point is when can the old one go? Haha how long do we need 2 tanks in the house hahaha
I want a BC 32, my stand is 24x24 aqueon and says it holds a 60g cube! So should be good to go once I’m clear on some of these basics
Where to start?
- in San Francisco apartment where a delivery from an online order would not fit into the delivery lockers and should not be seen by the front desk and other residents …
- so if picking up at a LFS (which one?! lol) and
- what do I ask at the store? I know to check the box for dings -do I have them open the box and show me too?
- Make sure stand is level (there are some screws in the top- do i put a mat under the BC 32?
- at home, fill with water and how long to let sit to test water tightness & possible leaks fr unevenness? 3 days? a week?
- move to new tank (live rock first, toss the old sand (will see how many critters i can save ), add new sand, mix of water from old tank and new, then my livestock
- After how many days can i say this tank is all set and toss the old one? I’d love to keep it as QT but hubby’s final sticking point is when can the old one go? Haha how long do we need 2 tanks in the house hahaha
I want a BC 32, my stand is 24x24 aqueon and says it holds a 60g cube! So should be good to go once I’m clear on some of these basics