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I will need to move my tank in May and my plan is similar to yours.
It’s always tempting. I even dream I’m back up there…then I wake up.You should move it up to Anchorage
This story is not directed at you, just sharing an experience... I just got some live rock from @F i s h y . I picked it up between errands. I tossed it in the middle of the tank and where the pieces ended up, they ended up. I actually like the "scape" it formed. I'll definitely be moving them but it was kind of a moment when I realized, "hey maybe I don't have to overthink everything" lolAlrighty, everything is cleaned, installed, tank is wet with fresh SW, sand, and ready for rock and livestock today! I like to let the fresh sand cloudiness settle over night so I can see what I'm doing when I stack rock on the fly in there, and this way the corals attached to rock don't sit out of water except for transfer. Going to attempt the same style scaping as the prior setup.
Inkbird currently heating up to 25.6 C, running it in Celsius since you have finer adjustments, 25.4 C to 25.6 C = 77.7 F to 78.1 F.
This story is not directed at you, just sharing an experience... I just got some live rock from @F i s h y . I picked it up between errands. I tossed it in the middle of the tank and where the pieces ended up, they ended up. I actually like the "scape" it formed. I'll definitely be moving them but it was kind of a moment when I realized, "hey maybe I don't have to overthink everything" lol
CATCH UP POINT...
Better...
The bag says there is BioMagnet... My AragAlive had a packet in each bag.Alrighty, everything is cleaned, installed, tank is wet with fresh SW, sand, and ready for rock and livestock today! I like to let the fresh sand cloudiness settle over night so I can see what I'm doing when I stack rock on the fly in there, and this way the corals attached to rock don't sit out of water except for transfer. Going to attempt the same style scaping as the prior setup.
Inkbird currently heating up to 25.6 C, running it in Celsius since you have finer adjustments, 25.4 C to 25.6 C = 77.7 F to 78.1 F.
Part of the delay was to roll the tank around on casters to potential locations and pick a new spot in the house for it. We chose a spot just off the kitchen which gets more traffic during our day. It is closer to a window here, but that's east facing with trees so should only be getting some natural filtered light in the mornings.
New sand is Carib Sea Special Grade Arag-Alive, more coarse than the Oolite and Fiji Pink we have used but I'm excited for the swap, hopefully less to blow around onto our coral and what not.. I feel like Pistol Shrimp will dig it as well
We also lowered quantity from 80 lbs as we used last time, to 70 lbs.
..Spent about 20 minutes digging around for clarifying packets before realizing there aren't any with this sand, like there are with the Oolite, etc
Cutting a top today also from a sheet of egg crate - still has decent sized gaps but hoping it's better than nothing, since I have a sheet on hand here. The main cuts are made and I'll make notches for equipment and wires today before tackling the rock/livestock transfer. On the last move we had absolutely no issues the entire time, moving 300 miles in 0 degrees, until the night after transferring to the tank, our lawnmower jumped
This'll be 7.5 days in dark totes (opening once for a bit daily for food). Bet I catch me some bristle worms that jumped ship in the dark when I pull the rocks out
Sorry about the Blenny.Alrighty, everything is cleaned, installed, tank is wet with fresh SW, sand, and ready for rock and livestock today! I like to let the fresh sand cloudiness settle over night so I can see what I'm doing when I stack rock on the fly in there, and this way the corals attached to rock don't sit out of water except for transfer. Going to attempt the same style scaping as the prior setup.
Inkbird currently heating up to 25.6 C, running it in Celsius since you have finer adjustments, 25.4 C to 25.6 C = 77.7 F to 78.1 F.
Part of the delay was to roll the tank around on casters to potential locations and pick a new spot in the house for it. We chose a spot just off the kitchen which gets more traffic during our day. It is closer to a window here, but that's east facing with trees so should only be getting some natural filtered light in the mornings.
New sand is Carib Sea Special Grade Arag-Alive, more coarse than the Oolite and Fiji Pink we have used but I'm excited for the swap, hopefully less to blow around onto our coral and what not.. I feel like Pistol Shrimp will dig it as well
We also lowered quantity from 80 lbs as we used last time, to 70 lbs.
..Spent about 20 minutes digging around for clarifying packets before realizing there aren't any with this sand, like there are with the Oolite, etc
Cutting a top today also from a sheet of egg crate - still has decent sized gaps but hoping it's better than nothing, since I have a sheet on hand here. The main cuts are made and I'll make notches for equipment and wires today before tackling the rock/livestock transfer. On the last move we had absolutely no issues the entire time, moving 300 miles in 0 degrees, until the night after transferring to the tank, our lawnmower jumped
This'll be 7.5 days in dark totes (opening once for a bit daily for food). Bet I catch me some bristle worms that jumped ship in the dark when I pull the rocks out
The bag says there is BioMagnet... My AragAlive had a packet in each bag.
Sorry about the Blenny.
I like sand digging critters so my rocks sit on the glass and the sand fills in around them.