Tomorrow I will be purchasing someone's Fluval Sea Evo 5 setup and moving it 2 hours away to set up at my home. I will be purchasing the same lights (AI Prime 16HD) and powerhead (Jebao SW2) from the local LFS so I can duplicate the original setup as closely as possible. There are no fish in the setup but there are some LPS and softies.
How do I go about moving this? I will be getting the live, mature rock, with corals attached, the current water, OEM lights and return pump, and and existing CUC. I was thinking that I could get it broken down into buckets but leave a bit of water in the tank to keep the coraline algae a bit wet. My vehicle has a built in inverter so, if needed, I can run a small heater to keep temps consistent. I think, when I get home, I should just have to reconstruct the setup by putting in the rocks and substrate, CUC, then topping up the water slowly with a small airline siphoned from my mixed saltwater to the tank before turning on the pumps. The original owner, who has been in the hobby for 9 months, says to leave WaveMaker and lights off for a couple of days after setup.
I just want to make sure I get this right to reduce stress on the corals as much as possible.
The intention is to run this tank until my Biocube 32 is matured and ready for fish. Once that is done, I'll move some corals and the CUC to my biocube and remove the substrate from this tank to use as a QT.
How do I go about moving this? I will be getting the live, mature rock, with corals attached, the current water, OEM lights and return pump, and and existing CUC. I was thinking that I could get it broken down into buckets but leave a bit of water in the tank to keep the coraline algae a bit wet. My vehicle has a built in inverter so, if needed, I can run a small heater to keep temps consistent. I think, when I get home, I should just have to reconstruct the setup by putting in the rocks and substrate, CUC, then topping up the water slowly with a small airline siphoned from my mixed saltwater to the tank before turning on the pumps. The original owner, who has been in the hobby for 9 months, says to leave WaveMaker and lights off for a couple of days after setup.
I just want to make sure I get this right to reduce stress on the corals as much as possible.
The intention is to run this tank until my Biocube 32 is matured and ready for fish. Once that is done, I'll move some corals and the CUC to my biocube and remove the substrate from this tank to use as a QT.
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