thanks Guys, you have confirmed what i was originally thinking, especially since it is a small tank and once drained is not that heavy. I do plan on having my brother help me carry some things like the tank, stand and maybe some water. One good thing about this move is that it is very close, so i would say within a one to two hours everything should be set up again.
Hey guys and girls, i may be moving soon and i was wondering what would people sugest is the best option, the tank is going to my inlaws house for a few months till we find a place so i was thinking of how i should take care of this since i will have to move it in a week or two at the most/
1) i will be draining 95% of the tank and taking out most rocks, will a little sand dust crash the tank if i set it back up with in a half hour?
2) should i just set up a small 20 gallon and move corals and fish and house them there till the second move?
3) should i try and sell some of my high end chalices before?
4) should i try and see if anyone could hold my corals in the mean time?
thanks for all your help
congrats, i know the feeling. My daughters have been doing swimming for the 3 years now and ythey had progressed so much, my oldest is really fast on her breast stroke too and has great rythm for butter fly. my youngest is a flea compared to the other kids she swims against but still manages to get 2nd and sometimes firts.
Yesterday i took out my cheato to trim it a bit and noticed that the bottom of the ball was bleached or discolored, what would cause cheato to discolor? i also had some reddish algae, may be cyano but not sure. Has anyone experienced this before?
it is a sad day that i just got an email stating this store is closing, they are having some great sales in case people need equipment or livestock, i dont know what they have left but just wanted to give the WAMAS community a heads up. Support your LFS.
LOL that sounded really badly scripted, but i do agree that Aquarium One is one of the best local stores around hands down from the people that work there to the corals and fish they sell.
Nice, keep us posted on the progress, i always liked the design of the stock solana skimmer, only drawback is the impeller is not the greates but can be easily fixed with a few modifications to it as well as some extra hole drilling and i did not have to spend $$$ getting a new skimmer that would do and perform the same.
The dimensions of the biggest chamber for the solana is the middle one which is about 5x5x19 but only usable dimensions are about 4.5x4.5x10 or so maybe even less since water there is never at a constant level depending on where you have the ato float switch set up.
The stock skimmer for the solana goes in the first chamber which is the most efficent chanber to put in since thats where the overflow is,the dimensions of this chamber are smaller due to the extra channel built on it as an overflow thus only making room for a rectangular skimmer. the dimensions for this are roughly 4x5x12 or so.
The light is external and has a magnet similar to the mag floats so one side is inside the tank and the actual Glo light is on the outside, it is all LED so it does not heat up much or use much power. They are very good for this type of tanks. ill post a picture when i get home.
in the middle chanber, ill try and get a picture later today, i had my kids swim practice yesterday and didnt get home till and forgot to take pics.
I fyou look at the pictures in the link bellow, mine is in the same chamber only the magnet holding it is also in the second chamber, and it is really stremline so it does not get in the way of anything unless you have a media basket.
http://shop.mediabaskets.com/JBJ-Nano-Glo-Led-Fuge-Light-JB10094.htm
My friend lived in a nice con/apartment that had all concrete floors and i dont think it had a restriction on tank size, he had a 125 or 180, i cant remember but it was a nice big tank. I would say that if you have concrete floors then you are good but if you have wood floors, proceed with caution.