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Thanks Tom!

Thanks A-a-ron. Here are some more photos:

I would rather not say who the mover was; don't want to give them a bad review. They sent 3 guys and I worked on it all day as well. One of the guys had to leave mid-day. The guys were knowledgeable and hard working for the most part. I don't totally blame them for the loss. The old set up was packed in under the tank and also had some equipment in the basement under it. I did tell them I was concerned about the decrease in bacteria on the temp setup. They dumped the gravel floor and stored the deep sand bed in five gallon buckets, not on the temp set up. I was also concerned about lighting, only the stuff on the top of the plastic container was getting light. It was running ok for a few days and I would check on it regularly. When the pump died it was only down for a max of 8 hours. Ran to Home Depot and got a pond pump. When it was back up the skimmer was going nuts and it smelled like death. I removed all of the dead fish and inverts. Did a 50% water change but the skimmer keep going crazy and still smelled bad. All of the coral was slimy and very sad. I sent some photos the the moving company and asked if they could come sooner to set up the tank. They said it looked like it would be ok and could get there in a few days. When they got there a few days later they drilled the tank for the new overflow and put in the new gravel in. After they put in some base rock pieces in they said they were done. I asked about moving in the coral into the main tank, it looked pretty beat up but I was hoping some of it would recover. They said that I should just throw all of it out. After they left I picked through it and moved some of the better looking pieces into the main tank. There was nothing else living in the main tank so I didn't have anything to loose. None of it ever recovered. When the guy came back a week later to pick up his final check he gave me five or six fags to help get me started. Here is the tank prior to the move: Again, I don't want to blame the loss on just the moving company. They have gotten nothing but good reviews here on WAMAS and my tank was difficult. Any recommendations on restocking? I like Steve's Tropical Lagoon in Silver Spring. I have been going there since around 1985 or so.

Just moved. My 150 tank started as saltwater fish only in 1992. Moved it in 2001 and made it a reef tank. The recent move to the new house was difficult. The first company I hired to move it walked away when they got there. I found another company and was up-front with how established the tank was and sent them lots of photos. They said no problem and could do it two days before my old house closing. They showed up and the guys called their boss and they got in their cars and drove off. I negotiated to pay more to get them to stay and they said they would not set the tank up at the new place. I was out of time and had no other options. We tried to keep all of the coral alive in plastic bins till they could come back two weeks later. The temp pump we were using died. I the pump replaced the same day but nothing survived. I have been slowly adding some corals but it will take some time to fill in.

Thanks everyone!

Anyone know what this redish lettuceish mushroomish thing is? Or these balls? Thanks!