Move that almost ending it all
As many of you know I moved on the week end. So I had a 75G and a 45G to move. The 75G was an SPS and clam tank and the 45G was home to a few BTAs and a breeding pair of Clowns
Well, every SPS in the tank has RTNed and not salvageable I was able to get my LPS and Clams to Willows tank.
My amazing Powder Brown died in the rubbermaid bin do to my air stone falling out of the bucket over night. All fish but 3 chromis and a mandarin were lost.
My BTAs split during the move so I'm nursing 5 instead of 3.
So the tanks are both up and running with Live rock only the 75G has a 3' sand bed (the cause of the RTN I think) and I went bare bottom on the 45G. I have 2 nice Caps left and they are still in rubbermade bins. Daily water changes and ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate test are being performed and I will begin the rebuild.
It's been a rough move. We have to put our 14 year old cat down on Thursday (My wife rescued the cat as a stray that was hit by a car), 2 Total tanks wiped out and we moved to a new strange home.
Not to mention the only Canreef contact I've had is a sneak peak while at work. (will get the home computer up tonight)
I will eventually restock the 75G but I'm going to ensure I only put frags in the tank. No Mother colonies from LFS that is what the old tank was and there is nothing like seeing the growth from a tiny SPS frag into a fragable colony.
So I've been a little stressed and a lot sad but I feel the crash was 100% my stupidity and would encourage anyone to deal with a DSB as a time bomb waiting to go off if you move get new sand!!!
On a positive note I want to thank John (willow) for all his help. He supplied the truck and the muscles, to move everything and has saved my Frogspawn, Hammer, and 2 Crosia clams
Jason AKA Tank Killer
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