Today I am sitting in a hotel room and thought it would be fun to go through old pictures of my tank. I came across these pictures of my "mobile aquarium" that I used moving from Missouri to Michigan and thought I would share.
I placed all of my fish in this large cooler from Walmart and used dividers (egg crate) to keep the fish from getting to cramped and possibly fighting during the stressful time. The dividers also kept the coral from touching and stinging each other. I also placed some new sand in one of the compartments so that my wrasses that liked to be under the sand could dive underneath. All of my rock containing coral were placed into this cooler as well as all my coral. I placed some of the coral in bags and floated them in this container, which I would say was my biggest mistake, because my only coral that died was in a bag. During the drive I used a converter to run a heater and a koralia pump to keep the water moving. The remainder of the rock, live sand, and inverts were placed into buckets filled with water from my display. The lids were left off and they were strapped to a wall in the back of the Budget Truck.
When I arrived at my new house the coral stayed in the large cooler and a light fixture was placed over the top using 2 shims to support it across the top of the cooler. The light with the heater and koralia pump kept the fish and coral happy for a week while I set up my tank and let it settle out.
Overall I would say it was a success. I lost one SPS colony and no fish. If anyone has questions about how I did this or would like moving advice shoot me a PM and I will try to help with what I can.
I placed all of my fish in this large cooler from Walmart and used dividers (egg crate) to keep the fish from getting to cramped and possibly fighting during the stressful time. The dividers also kept the coral from touching and stinging each other. I also placed some new sand in one of the compartments so that my wrasses that liked to be under the sand could dive underneath. All of my rock containing coral were placed into this cooler as well as all my coral. I placed some of the coral in bags and floated them in this container, which I would say was my biggest mistake, because my only coral that died was in a bag. During the drive I used a converter to run a heater and a koralia pump to keep the water moving. The remainder of the rock, live sand, and inverts were placed into buckets filled with water from my display. The lids were left off and they were strapped to a wall in the back of the Budget Truck.
When I arrived at my new house the coral stayed in the large cooler and a light fixture was placed over the top using 2 shims to support it across the top of the cooler. The light with the heater and koralia pump kept the fish and coral happy for a week while I set up my tank and let it settle out.
Overall I would say it was a success. I lost one SPS colony and no fish. If anyone has questions about how I did this or would like moving advice shoot me a PM and I will try to help with what I can.
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