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Hi all! In 6 month I will be moving 7 hours away (8 hours if you include gas stops), I have a plan to move my 25g total volume aquarium, but I would like your opinion on it. I will reuse the same tank (at least until the new one comes in, it will be a 200g)
0) Slowly reduce temperature in the reef tank over 1 month down to 75°F (from the current 78°F)
1) move fishes (a pair of clownfishes, 1 cardinal and 1 mandarin goby) into 3 separate fishstore bags (1 for the pair), adding ClorAm-X and Seachem Stress Guard.
2) move rocks with corals in a separate tote with water, use filter floss to "pack the rocks" so that the corals on them don't get damaged
3) remove rest of the water/sand (keeping a small cup of sand in a container, to seed the new sand)
4) transport with battery operated bubblers
5) unpack the aquarium/stand and rebuild it.
6) put the rocks and corals in it
7) introduce fishes
My shopping list includes:
- Salt to produce more saltwater once in the new house
- New sand
- I will get 25g of RODI from a LFS once arrived (won't have time to make it and don't want to transport it)
My questions are:
1) Do you think I should get an inverter for a small heater during transport?
2) Does anyone have any suggestion on leakproof totes/containers?
3) Do you think I should reintroduce fishes over 3 days (1/2 per day) to minimize ammonia spikes?
4) I know that ClorAm-X will lead to falsely increased ammonia results with some tests, is there a test that can recognize between what's bound to ClorAm-X and what's not?
5) Shall I add ClorAm-X to the container with the rocks too?
6) I know that I should get a mini-cycle, obviously ClorAm-X could prevent that but then there is no free ammonia for the bacteria. I would like to be able to control this, accurately dosing/removing (with water changes) the ClorAm-X and make the bacteria start processing ammonia again without an ammonia spike. Anyone has an idea on what's the best approach to do that?
7) Am I missing something?
0) Slowly reduce temperature in the reef tank over 1 month down to 75°F (from the current 78°F)
1) move fishes (a pair of clownfishes, 1 cardinal and 1 mandarin goby) into 3 separate fishstore bags (1 for the pair), adding ClorAm-X and Seachem Stress Guard.
2) move rocks with corals in a separate tote with water, use filter floss to "pack the rocks" so that the corals on them don't get damaged
3) remove rest of the water/sand (keeping a small cup of sand in a container, to seed the new sand)
4) transport with battery operated bubblers
5) unpack the aquarium/stand and rebuild it.
6) put the rocks and corals in it
7) introduce fishes
My shopping list includes:
- Salt to produce more saltwater once in the new house
- New sand
- I will get 25g of RODI from a LFS once arrived (won't have time to make it and don't want to transport it)
My questions are:
1) Do you think I should get an inverter for a small heater during transport?
2) Does anyone have any suggestion on leakproof totes/containers?
3) Do you think I should reintroduce fishes over 3 days (1/2 per day) to minimize ammonia spikes?
4) I know that ClorAm-X will lead to falsely increased ammonia results with some tests, is there a test that can recognize between what's bound to ClorAm-X and what's not?
5) Shall I add ClorAm-X to the container with the rocks too?
6) I know that I should get a mini-cycle, obviously ClorAm-X could prevent that but then there is no free ammonia for the bacteria. I would like to be able to control this, accurately dosing/removing (with water changes) the ClorAm-X and make the bacteria start processing ammonia again without an ammonia spike. Anyone has an idea on what's the best approach to do that?
7) Am I missing something?