My 170g cube

[grizfyrfyter]

Just a security camera tied into my house system.

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[grizfyrfyter]

Decided to clear out all the dead corals I've lost in the past few months. Found these on the backside of a rock. Didn't even know they were there.

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[ashburn2k]

Pure gold. Now you know where your jb grows the best.


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[grizfyrfyter]

Shades of fall looks happy today.

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[grizfyrfyter]

Pulled all the dead corals and clam shells out of the tank.

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[grizfyrfyter]

Top down after the clean up.

I'm running out of floor space for my chalices.

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[grizfyrfyter]

Better shot of the hidden jawbreaker.

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[rygh]

If you are only moving the tank a few feet, there is an alternative "mad rush" method.

Borrow lots of buckets, bins, whatever can store all your water.
You can even use your bathtub.

Drain a lot of water out.
As you drain water, capture fish and put them in buckets.
Leave all the coral in the tank. Spray water on it to keep it wet.
Drain almost all the rest of the water out.
Jack up the entire stand/tank onto furniture dollies, and move it with coral and some water still in it.
Then put water and fish back.

In theory, you can do all of that in an hour or two, especially if you have a lot of help.

It will be hard on things, but likely less so than setting up alternate tanks and so on.

 

[Flagg37]

If you are only moving the tank a few feet, there is an alternative "mad rush" method.

Borrow lots of buckets, bins, whatever can store all your water.
You can even use your bathtub.

Drain a lot of water out.
As you drain water, capture fish and put them in buckets.
Leave all the coral in the tank. Spray water on it to keep it wet.
Drain almost all the rest of the water out.
Jack up the entire stand/tank onto furniture dollies, and move it with coral and some water still in it.
Then put water and fish back.

In theory, you can do all of that in an hour or two, especially if you have a lot of help.

It will be hard on things, but likely less so than setting up alternate tanks and so on.

Not a bad idea. @grizfyrfyter, how long do you suppose they’ll need it moved for? One window could only take an hour or two if they’re considerate. Meaning if they do the whole thing at once. Typically when I do a job like that I’ll do it in stages. I’ll rip out every window then install every window, then trim out every window.... it’s quicker than doing them one by one but you can ask if they can do that one all at once.

 

[grizfyrfyter]

I'm moving it to another wall so it's a one time move. Funny, it's where I wanted the tank to begin with but I let my wife have her way.

I'm picking up a couple large tanks from a generous member here. I'm going to plumb the display into the garage. Use the 125g as a display refugium and the 100g with just water and whatever rock I can get my hands on.

The frag tank will go in the garage too. Current system volume is about 200g. Should be around 400g after the move.

Getting rid of a few of the larger fish too.

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[grizfyrfyter]

Spent some time cleaning up the frag tank.

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[grizfyrfyter]

Candy crush shroom dropped some babies.

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[grizfyrfyter]

Got a bunch of green bta today.

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[grizfyrfyter]

Got a green eclectus shroom tonight. Hopefully it gets some secondary colors.

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[grizfyrfyter]

Some late night checking revealed they aren't bubble tips but Magnifica anemones.

Time to design a bigger box....

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[sfsuphysics]

Out of curiosity why did you "get a bunch of 'green BTAs' " someone breaking a tank down or something?

 

[grizfyrfyter]

Out of curiosity why did you "get a bunch of 'green BTAs' " someone breaking a tank down or something?

A friend of mine is a vendor. The anemones were an "extra" they unloaded on him and he doesn't want to deal with.

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[sfsuphysics]

hahah, yeah I know how that is "Here's some coral I don't want" "but I don't want it either..." although for some nice ones like that I probably would do an anemone cube or something... like you need another tank I'm sure

 

[grizfyrfyter]

hahah, yeah I know how that is "Here's some coral I don't want" "but I don't want it either..." although for some nice ones like that I probably would do an anemone cube or something... like you need another tank I'm sure

The original plan for that tank was a clown harem for my wife. Now that I don't need the frag tank anymore, it's the perfect time. I won't do a harem but I can have a few anemones.

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