Worst decision I have made for this hobby!

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Seth81

Sorry to hear that your not having a great time.... I'm not looking forward to the day I need to move my tank! I honestly have no idea what or how I'm gonna do it!

Thanks Well I did learn some things about moving corals; planing is a must which I didn't do other than having saltwater ready at my temporary resident beforehand. Oh well, atleast I am confident that my next move, although tiring it will be, will be much more efficient to say the least.

Originally Posted by stellarfly

Mr Saltwater tank did a lecture on moving a reef tank during last years macna! I hope he comes out with that guide! So useful. Time and time again I see posts about moving a reef tank.

Mark does give come nice advice. Didn't see that video though. Wish I would have

Originally Posted by AdamsB

I moved my 90 gallon and lost 150 dollar in fish. One was a beautiful kole tang. I had 10 or so buckets full of rock, fish and coral mixed up so I didn't have fish fighting etc. unloading everything I wanted to get the rock in first so as not to crush my gobies. So I got busy putting everything in and put a bucket to the side with the lid on so I didn't get a jumper. After it was all done I moved my furniture and all the less important stuff

End of the day I say down on the couch and admire my rushed new aqua scape. Then I saw the bucket I put to the side, the only bucket with a lid on it. Opened it to find almost everything dead, the kole was alive but didn't survive the night in the tank. A cleaner survived in the bucket and is still alive today.

Lesson learned. I'll be doing a lot more prep in future. Very disheartening, the financial aspect sucks but the fish were very nice and it could have been avoided.

Sorry to hear about your loss Well I lost 4 chromis and the cleaner shrimp. Financially, its no hit and I wasn't worried about it but in the end, its the attachment to those livestock. I have a neon green birdnest that is now almost 6" across which I grew from a 1" frag. That's why I didn't feel like selling them since I have put too much work for the corals to let them go; it was more like "I would let them die but won't let them die"...sounds bad its all about attachment.