Moving 15 miles

Madhav · Oct 20, 2020

Hi,

I have a Nuvo Int 75 FOWLR that Il be moving around Nov 11. I am in no rush since I have both houses for some time. My last move did not go well. And I really dont want to mess anything up this time. Looking for recommendations on how to proceed.

brandon429 · Oct 20, 2020

We have pages of successful moves below

The major theme is how to move the sandbed without loss

brandon429 · Oct 20, 2020

Official Sand Rinse and Tank Transfer thread

If you are reading this thread to cure a tank invasion from a link I sent you, we do not need to identify your type of invasion here we do not need you to test anything at anytime regarding nitrate, phosphate etc Above all, we do not need to see a microscope slide picture of your invasion at...

www.reef2reef.com

there's the moves and cleanups all in one place.

the order is: drain off current tank water and be catching fish

pull out rocks as water drops and set rocks in their own cleaning container, we clean before moving not after.

have fish held with isolated frags in their own container, not with rocks.

fish are corals on their own alone

then, take rocks and swish them harshly, twist mid water, in buckets of old drawn off tank water to jet out all their accumulated waste. move only cleaned rocks. set the rocks now in cleanwater in a moving container, now that they've been jetted clean/pores opened up if needed etc. we move only clean items to avoid recycling then it works perfectly.

now you have old tank, muddy partial water, and sand if applicable.

take it all down and rinse the sand for hours in tap water, until its clean like a snowglobe. final rinse is ro, to evacuate tap.

move the cleaned sand and cleaned rocks and cleaned glass tank and fish in corals with buckets alone to new house.

set it all up with new water, it will all skip cycle we show. match the temp and salinity to the old water.

*dont turn on your lights full blast, ramp them up over one week like its all new lighting.

done, pls take pics for page 38

if you have sand the most important part of the entire process is the tap water rinse.

even if you get new sand, same rinse, nothing changes. the entire success of the thread and half a million in other people's money was protected by rinsing sand in tap water, the #1 thing that people would say in a poll not to do.

but there it is for five years running.

per above:

moving homes-same steps
ridding cyano-same steps
upgrading tanks or downgrading-same steps
preventing invasion before there's even a problem-same steps
taking a reef tank to a reef convention to skip cycle and start on time-same steps

deep cleaning isn't harmful its awesome and makes your reef live indefinitely with no biological lifespan limit, although luck and hardware are the other 99% of longevity

NeonRabbit221B · Oct 20, 2020

Just followed his lead on my recent move about 2 weeks ago and no losses. Rocks can sustain almost all the bacteria needed to cycle ammonia. My only issue I had was a rock slide in a bucket which dug into a chalice coral. Get a battery air pump for the fish. Rinse well!