Looking for good Beginner's Guides.

[lReef lKeeper]

yes it will reduce the fish list that you will be able to keep !! i just moved a 55gal. reef last Feb. (didn't lose 1 thing). but i moved ALL of my water too. the next time we move (to a house) i have to move a 125gal. reef from the second floor. that is going to suck !!
i suggest taking all of your water with you. and getting some of the styrofoam boxes that your LFS has things shipped in. you can use these to house your fish and corals while the move is going on !!

[jojo22]

There are a lot of threads out there on moveing tanks. I would read them and learn the process, then after knowing what kind of work you will have to do I would pick a tank size you feel confortable with. Or you could get like a 30 gal for now and turn it into a kick butt fuge when you move. ALWAYS take the tanks down last move and put the tanks up first. The less time everything is in boxes and bags/trashcans the better.

[Fatman]

5 gallon buckets (like the paint ones) are AWSOME. (obviously sterile never used). I get these for about 2$ a pop and loaded up about 70 gallons for the 90 gallon move. Turned out great.

[Iconz]

Sounds great! Would rubbermaid trashcans (new, unused) work as well?

[Fatman]

Sounds great! Would rubbermaid trashcans (new, unused) work as well?

Yea but they would be extremely heavy, talking about 30 to 40 gallons x 8lbs each = 240 to 320 lbs.

[hummer]

good info guys bobby ithink you just sold me on the metal halides i was concidering the 48"orbit extremes 4x130 what u think? wow 30 to 60 x flow my 55 gal what would it take to get that?

[Iconz]

Bob, it'd be a CLM or closed loop manifold. Basicaly, you drill a hole (or have it done) in your tank in the bottom 1/2 of it, and it gravity feeds an external pump, which takes the water and directly puts in back into a pvc tube ring that fits right into the top of your tank. Here's a good, detailed link that you can read up on this:

http://www.captivereefing.com/showthread.php?t=3937
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=520145

And some pictures here:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=585283

Hope this helps!

-JD