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i jst got uh 12 gallin nannnocubea nd wnt to no wy my octpopus vulgdkaris is nt eting andything anymore pls smone hlp me!!!!1!!!111
just kidding
My big move from Wisconsin to Rhode Island is approaching fast--one month and two days away. The biggest challenge will be moving the aquariums: a 30 gallon clownfish tank and my 75 gallon octo tank w/ 20 gallon sump. Luckily the biggest organism I have in the 75 right now is a damsel and a brittle star--no octo.
Here's the current incarnation of the plan: The night before we leave, after everything else is packed, the tanks will be drained. I will buy perhaps a half dozen 5-gallon buckets with press-fit lids; these will contain everything in the tanks, including fish, live rock, macroalgae and sand. Excess water goes down the drain. If I balance my waste producers--ie, fish--with proportionate amounts of live rock in each bucket, I hope the water won't be too bad after 2-3 days time? I expect to make the trip in a day and a half, but it might take me another day to obtain DI water and mix the salt properly. I'm going to have to be very careful to leave AMPLE room in the vehicles for the tanks--the 75 and its stand alone take up all of the back of my jeep.
Has anyone else made a move like this with their aquaria, or have any advice? I may take the opportunity to make some upgrades. I'll probably take down the 30 a day early and spray paint the back of it--I'm excedingly pleased at how my 75 looks with the back done. I currently have a Marineland silent overflow skimmer (u-tube siphon type) and am considering taking the 75 down early, too and having the glass shop drill a hole for me. I don't entirely trust the siphon and I check it constantly, but I've heard people on other forums equally distrustful of having a hole drilled--even by a professional--into a load-bearing glass span. Does anyone have any opinions on the matter?
Dan
just kidding
My big move from Wisconsin to Rhode Island is approaching fast--one month and two days away. The biggest challenge will be moving the aquariums: a 30 gallon clownfish tank and my 75 gallon octo tank w/ 20 gallon sump. Luckily the biggest organism I have in the 75 right now is a damsel and a brittle star--no octo.
Here's the current incarnation of the plan: The night before we leave, after everything else is packed, the tanks will be drained. I will buy perhaps a half dozen 5-gallon buckets with press-fit lids; these will contain everything in the tanks, including fish, live rock, macroalgae and sand. Excess water goes down the drain. If I balance my waste producers--ie, fish--with proportionate amounts of live rock in each bucket, I hope the water won't be too bad after 2-3 days time? I expect to make the trip in a day and a half, but it might take me another day to obtain DI water and mix the salt properly. I'm going to have to be very careful to leave AMPLE room in the vehicles for the tanks--the 75 and its stand alone take up all of the back of my jeep.
Has anyone else made a move like this with their aquaria, or have any advice? I may take the opportunity to make some upgrades. I'll probably take down the 30 a day early and spray paint the back of it--I'm excedingly pleased at how my 75 looks with the back done. I currently have a Marineland silent overflow skimmer (u-tube siphon type) and am considering taking the 75 down early, too and having the glass shop drill a hole for me. I don't entirely trust the siphon and I check it constantly, but I've heard people on other forums equally distrustful of having a hole drilled--even by a professional--into a load-bearing glass span. Does anyone have any opinions on the matter?
Dan