I am not sure what kind of fish you have but I am sure its going to stress them out. That is just the way it is moving fish. I would make sure you have like a 6 or larger inch net so you don't have to chase them so much. If you can get one of those acrylic hang on boxes from petsmart thats the best thing fill it with water from the old tank put a fish in it take it over and acclimate like you would with a bagged fish. Expect any blennys, jawfish or golbys to act like they are going to die and hide. Expect the clownfish and damsels to not care I hate netting fish, so much that if I ever work in a store I will have to get some serious training on that. Good luck dude.
Oh here is something that some people told me after the fact of my tank switch. You need to use the old tanks water in the new tank so save as much of it as you can when you get all the stuff out and make sure you put it in your new tank. Lots of good stuff in that established tank water.
Oh and about the sand yeah I know silica sand is BAD for reef tanks no matter what anyone tells you. I got my sand at petsmart and pet supplies plus, just made sure it didn't have silica.
I am not sure what kind of fish you have but I am sure its going to stress them out. That is just the way it is moving fish. I would make sure you have like a 6 or larger inch net so you don't have to chase them so much. If you can get one of those acrylic hang on boxes from petsmart thats the best thing fill it with water from the old tank put a fish in it take it over and acclimate like you would with a bagged fish. Expect any blennys, jawfish or golbys to act like they are going to die and hide. Expect the clownfish and damsels to not care I hate netting fish, so much that if I ever work in a store I will have to get some serious training on that. Good luck dude.
Oh here is something that some people told me after the fact of my tank switch. You need to use the old tanks water in the new tank so save as much of it as you can when you get all the stuff out and make sure you put it in your new tank. Lots of good stuff in that established tank water.
Oh and about the sand yeah I know silica sand is BAD for reef tanks no matter what anyone tells you. I got my sand at petsmart and pet supplies plus, just made sure it didn't have silica.
Heidi
It was caribsea dry aragonite. They sold it in 30 lb bags for $20/bag. Good suggestion on the bigger net. I plan on moving all the live rock from the new tank over, so at least they have no where to hide. That said, they will still go crazy when I try to net them. And my foxface lo is the only one I am worried about moving. He is so shy and gets stressed extremely easily. Hopefully, he makes it through, but the big tank will be nice for him, lots of room.
Woo, just gotta wait and wait and try and be patient.
Time for a quick update...I got the fish moved over about a month ago, and all is well. The tank cycled nicely and had a week long diatom bloom following by insane amounts of green algae. Last week my ballast died, so I sent it in for repairs last friday. I purchased a new galaxy ballast so I plan on selling the old one once it gets fixed (dual 250 w hqi bluewave 7).
I had bought a koralia magnum 7 which was WAY too powerful for the tank, i found my corals weren't opening up, so I have to return it and will probably buy somethin a bit smaller, probably two of them. Not quite ready to eat the cost of some vortechs just yet. Any reccomendations on which koralias to get??
I started working on the fish room this evening. Got the countertop built and it looks pretty good. Tomorrow I am going to work on building the water storage rack.
I also bought a spectrapure maxcap 90gpd RO/DI unit (got it on sale for $288 shipped), which should be in thursday.
Next step is to get a sink installed, setup a hospital/quarantine tank, and eventually purchase a aqua systems controller.
I have 2 700 and a 1400 in my 150g for flow but I wish I could just have 2 1400s.. That would be perfect for my tank, maybe a good starting point for you to figure out your flow?? There maybe better peoples for helping with this then me so feel free to chime in people
Heidi
Well, The RO/DI arrived and is installed. I also got a tank shot and some of the new work done in the fish room
The TANK! Tried out some 14ks this time. It's a hard transition because of how blue it is, but I sort of like it and it will help with color, which everyone in my tank is really lacking!
All the water will eventually be stored here. Gotta get the aqua controller first and some pumps and whatnot.
The general shot of the fish room. Kinda a crummy shot, but you get the point.
Still deciding if I want to laminate the countertop or just stain and waterproof it...
The spectrapure unit...this was a LOT bigger then I was expecting! Seems to be running well so far. I eventually am going to get a thermostatic mixing valve so I can run 77 degree water into it (best for the membrane) and also get a solenoid valve and float switch so when the reservoir is full, it turns off the RO/di and saves me water.
Got started on the plumbing for the auto water change system this weekend
I'm all out of money at the current moment, so once friday rolls around i'll get all the fittings for the pumps and 4 mag drive 3 pumps...not looking forward to that purchase. I don't think the mag drive 2 pump would have enough power to go up 5-7 feet, so i am stuck buying these bigger pumps.
I drew out the plans for how to AWC system should run. Now i just need my apex!
Autowater change complete. I upgraded to some nicer containers that hold more water. Had some problems getting fittings on the trash cans. Since I bought this stuff on friday, it was too late to buy bulkheads online, plus they're expensive. So i made some. Final product was a 1/2" Male threaded to female threaded PVC connector. It works great and makes a great seal around the plastic without the need for the rubber piece. I had to use conduict PVC though, because normal PVC has tapered threaded connections.
I hate netting fish, so much that if I ever work in a store I will have to get some serious training on that. Good luck dude.
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