Moving House | Tank Restart?

willmoore88 · 11/26/2020, 07:49 AM

I'm moving house soon and considering a few options with my 300L Reef.

I've recently battled Dino's, and although after months and months of hard work and getting rid of them, perhaps not surprisingly i've been left with a lot less livestock than I started with

and a tank overrun with GHA. The GHA was not a surprise but I'm not having much headway with that either now.

For a while I've wanted to make some major changes to the tank. After 3 years of Reef keeping I know alot more now than I did at the start. For starters my scape is two huge piles of Real Reef Rock which I no longer like the look of, my sand bed if filthy and way too thick, and i've got a BioBlock in the sump big enough to cope with my 300L despite having 25kg of the Real Reef Rock in the DT.

My original moving plan after discussing with a few people at my LFS was to temporarily house my remaining stock at my LFS, and move the tank, water and rock to the new house - setting back up, and pretty quickly getting my livestock back.

I think what i'd ideally like to do now is to rehouse the livestock, and empty the tank and restart it in the New Year - redoing the scape and getting it more asthetically set up as I want it. My issue therefore is what to do with my livestock.

I've got 2 x Clownfish, 1 Coral Beauty and 1 Leopard Wrasse. There are 2 shrimp and 2 crabs and maybe a snail or two hiding if the Dino's didn't get them. I've also got a Goni that I'd like to keep and a small leather. I feel it's a bit much to ask/expect my LFS to care for those for what will probably be a good 3 months before the tank could be ready again. I do have a small 40L tank which I could use for the time being - but i'm not sure if this would work with my current list above. I would really appreciate any opinions or ideas.

Thanks
Will

Michael Hoaster · 11/27/2020, 02:33 PM

If you want to keep your livestock, the 40 should work fine as a temporary holding tank. If not, trade them for store credit at your LFS. This will help offset the cost of new sand and rock, etc.

cody6766 · 11/28/2020, 10:20 AM

I'd just swap them out for store credit. Realize that it won't be that much, but it'll be something.

11/26/2020, 07:49 AM	#1
willmoore88 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 3	Moving House \| Tank Restart? I'm moving house soon and considering a few options with my 300L Reef. I've recently battled Dino's, and although after months and months of hard work and getting rid of them, perhaps not surprisingly i've been left with a lot less livestock than I started with and a tank overrun with GHA. The GHA was not a surprise but I'm not having much headway with that either now. For a while I've wanted to make some major changes to the tank. After 3 years of Reef keeping I know alot more now than I did at the start. For starters my scape is two huge piles of Real Reef Rock which I no longer like the look of, my sand bed if filthy and way too thick, and i've got a BioBlock in the sump big enough to cope with my 300L despite having 25kg of the Real Reef Rock in the DT. My original moving plan after discussing with a few people at my LFS was to temporarily house my remaining stock at my LFS, and move the tank, water and rock to the new house - setting back up, and pretty quickly getting my livestock back. I think what i'd ideally like to do now is to rehouse the livestock, and empty the tank and restart it in the New Year - redoing the scape and getting it more asthetically set up as I want it. My issue therefore is what to do with my livestock. I've got 2 x Clownfish, 1 Coral Beauty and 1 Leopard Wrasse. There are 2 shrimp and 2 crabs and maybe a snail or two hiding if the Dino's didn't get them. I've also got a Goni that I'd like to keep and a small leather. I feel it's a bit much to ask/expect my LFS to care for those for what will probably be a good 3 months before the tank could be ready again. I do have a small 40L tank which I could use for the time being - but i'm not sure if this would work with my current list above. I would really appreciate any opinions or ideas. Thanks Will

11/27/2020, 02:33 PM	#2
Michael Hoaster Registered Seaweedist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 5,807	If you want to keep your livestock, the 40 should work fine as a temporary holding tank. If not, trade them for store credit at your LFS. This will help offset the cost of new sand and rock, etc. __________________ As many naturalists and environmentalists have suggested, we should set aside our arrogance, our desire to conquer and control everything, and walk hand in hand with Mother Nature. -Walter Adey Current Tank Info: 180g Seagrass Sandbar Lagoon, START DATE November 28, 2018

11/28/2020, 10:20 AM	#3
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	I'd just swap them out for store credit. Realize that it won't be that much, but it'll be something. __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI