Any fish suggestions would be welcome.
It has been a long process starting in this hobby with a fluval flex and my two clowns. 7 years later and numerous tank moves, my clowns have been upgraded to a 90 gallon. They are my longest-living fishies and I believe have their long term home for a while.
All my coral was moved from my original 40 gallon that was just packed. I had no more room for anything.
Picked up a used 90 gallon. Resealed the tank, built the stand, and leak tested the tank for about 2 weeks. 3d printed a semi-coast to coast overflow that got siliconed into place.
Added some jack posts below the joists in the basement.
The bulkheads are 1 1/2 reduced down to 1 inch pipe since I'm not pushing flow rates that require 1 1/2, its just what the tank was originally drilled with.
One drain is fully submerged with the second at a trickle. Its not loud, its not quiet. No gurgling or air noise, just water running. I attribute the majority of the noise to the turbulence from my piping. It wasn't planned to be turbulent, but it is what it is.
Sump was simply transferred from my 40 gallon to the new system. unfortunately I did not pay attention to how my sump drains were laid out and did not realize that by flipping the sump my outlets would be on the wrong side. Since flipping the outlets would involve completely resiliconing the sump, the pipes just got extended. Its not pretty and is my biggest gripe with the new tank. Makes swapping out filter floss a pain. Also, why does the kaomer x1 not have hanging holes, stupid. Me and wiring will never have a good relationship. It mostly is held up out of the way and I can unplug things as needed. Not the pretiest but it gets the job done.
The move was accomplished over about 12 hours. It took forever. Since I was swapping the tank into the same place I had to drain the 40 gallon and sump compeltely. Then I moved all inhabs, corals, and rocks to buckets and holding containers. Then I was able to move the new tank into place and start filling it. During this process I had the majority of my coral, rock, and all my inhabs in a single 30 gallon storage bin with a lid that was only partially open. Once I had the new tank set up enough I popped it open only to find that the temp was easily 85-90 degrees. I lost my royal gramma and my blenny. Fortunately my clowns were still alive but gasping at the surface. Temp was gradually reduced, airflow, and oxgenation increased. Once the container got within two degrees of normal I plopped in my clowns and got everything flowing. Thankfully, there were no leaks at any of my fittings or bulkheads. I just put all the rock in at once since I had been at this for so long.
In the coming days I made some new pieces of rock work and organised the existing corals and rocks.
It has now been set up for about two weeks. All my additional lighting arrived. The tank is testing well. Things seem to be progressing as they should.
Now comes time to add more fish. I'm still deciding on that part. Definitenly will be getting another Royal Gramma and Blenny. Likely will add a flasher or fairy wrasse. Possibly will add a small tang like a chocolate tang, still trying to figure that part out and do my research. Overall the move was a massive pain but at least I'm happy with the results.
It has been a long process starting in this hobby with a fluval flex and my two clowns. 7 years later and numerous tank moves, my clowns have been upgraded to a 90 gallon. They are my longest-living fishies and I believe have their long term home for a while.
All my coral was moved from my original 40 gallon that was just packed. I had no more room for anything.
Picked up a used 90 gallon. Resealed the tank, built the stand, and leak tested the tank for about 2 weeks. 3d printed a semi-coast to coast overflow that got siliconed into place.
Added some jack posts below the joists in the basement.
The bulkheads are 1 1/2 reduced down to 1 inch pipe since I'm not pushing flow rates that require 1 1/2, its just what the tank was originally drilled with.
One drain is fully submerged with the second at a trickle. Its not loud, its not quiet. No gurgling or air noise, just water running. I attribute the majority of the noise to the turbulence from my piping. It wasn't planned to be turbulent, but it is what it is.
Sump was simply transferred from my 40 gallon to the new system. unfortunately I did not pay attention to how my sump drains were laid out and did not realize that by flipping the sump my outlets would be on the wrong side. Since flipping the outlets would involve completely resiliconing the sump, the pipes just got extended. Its not pretty and is my biggest gripe with the new tank. Makes swapping out filter floss a pain. Also, why does the kaomer x1 not have hanging holes, stupid. Me and wiring will never have a good relationship. It mostly is held up out of the way and I can unplug things as needed. Not the pretiest but it gets the job done.
The move was accomplished over about 12 hours. It took forever. Since I was swapping the tank into the same place I had to drain the 40 gallon and sump compeltely. Then I moved all inhabs, corals, and rocks to buckets and holding containers. Then I was able to move the new tank into place and start filling it. During this process I had the majority of my coral, rock, and all my inhabs in a single 30 gallon storage bin with a lid that was only partially open. Once I had the new tank set up enough I popped it open only to find that the temp was easily 85-90 degrees. I lost my royal gramma and my blenny. Fortunately my clowns were still alive but gasping at the surface. Temp was gradually reduced, airflow, and oxgenation increased. Once the container got within two degrees of normal I plopped in my clowns and got everything flowing. Thankfully, there were no leaks at any of my fittings or bulkheads. I just put all the rock in at once since I had been at this for so long.
In the coming days I made some new pieces of rock work and organised the existing corals and rocks.
It has now been set up for about two weeks. All my additional lighting arrived. The tank is testing well. Things seem to be progressing as they should.
Now comes time to add more fish. I'm still deciding on that part. Definitenly will be getting another Royal Gramma and Blenny. Likely will add a flasher or fairy wrasse. Possibly will add a small tang like a chocolate tang, still trying to figure that part out and do my research. Overall the move was a massive pain but at least I'm happy with the results.
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