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I tried to prepare as much as I could for the move, but the reality of the situation is I would have to move it alone, in one go. I didn't get started until about 9:30pm
I had (5) 5 gallon buckets filled with tank water and placed the rocks in these. The fish and coral were all bagged up individually and placed in coolers. The sand was thrown out. Everything went pretty well, but my McCosker wrasse took a leap and hit the floor. He was quickly placed into a bag, but he may have sustained an injury. More on that shortly. After the breakdown and lengthy drive, I didn't get to the new house until around 2:30am.
Instead of pulling an all nighter, I decided to bring everything inside, put the 2 heaters I had in 2 of the buckets and placed the bags of coral and fish in the buckets to keep warm. It was pushing 3:30 when I got to bed and set the alarm for 8a.
Upon waking up, everything appeared to still be alive so I got to setting up the tank, drilled holes in the wall for the light brackets, and made 25 gallons of fresh saltwater. New sand was put in and then I tried to stack the rocks as close to the original as possible. Not 100% the same, but close enough.
I believe it was around 1pm before the tank was setup and water temp was stable so I got to work on the livestock. It was here that I noticed my wrasse was gone. I can only think it was likely the jump that injured him. Still, this was the only loss I had. All other fish, inverts, and corals survived the move!
Lots of growth
After the move
I had (5) 5 gallon buckets filled with tank water and placed the rocks in these. The fish and coral were all bagged up individually and placed in coolers. The sand was thrown out. Everything went pretty well, but my McCosker wrasse took a leap and hit the floor. He was quickly placed into a bag, but he may have sustained an injury. More on that shortly. After the breakdown and lengthy drive, I didn't get to the new house until around 2:30am.
Instead of pulling an all nighter, I decided to bring everything inside, put the 2 heaters I had in 2 of the buckets and placed the bags of coral and fish in the buckets to keep warm. It was pushing 3:30 when I got to bed and set the alarm for 8a.
Upon waking up, everything appeared to still be alive so I got to setting up the tank, drilled holes in the wall for the light brackets, and made 25 gallons of fresh saltwater. New sand was put in and then I tried to stack the rocks as close to the original as possible. Not 100% the same, but close enough.
I believe it was around 1pm before the tank was setup and water temp was stable so I got to work on the livestock. It was here that I noticed my wrasse was gone. I can only think it was likely the jump that injured him. Still, this was the only loss I had. All other fish, inverts, and corals survived the move!
Lots of growth
After the move
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