KrazyKuch's & Michika's 180Gal Tank Build

[michika]

Alright so it is official, we are moving in 3 weeks as of today, and the tank will be moving in 3 weeks and 2 days (October 5th).

Everyone here has been so awesome about lending buckets, boxes, etc. its amazing. I love CanReef!

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by michika

Alright so it is official, we are moving in 3 weeks as of today, and the tank will be moving in 3 weeks and 2 days (October 5th).

Everyone here has been so awesome about lending buckets, boxes, etc. its amazing. I love CanReef!

Man I hate moving tanks. I dont envy you and your task ahead. I once moved 7 tanks and I cant express the stress that came with it. That was a couple years ago and since then all the freshwater tanks have either been shut down and sold or converted. And it sill stresses me out to move a tank. Probably to much reading of tank move disasters. Personally I have not experienced any losses with any of my freshwater moves and only a frag died when I moved the salty tank the last time. If you are prepared equipment wise and have a knowledgeable person or two helping you and get it done in a timely fashion ,all should be good. But yous two probably already know all this.

[michika]

The only loss I've ever experienced directly from moving tanks is a kole tang when I moved back to Calgary. Then again there was the whole 28g long nano tank of SPS death... We have a system when we move tanks, so I hope this won't be any different.

You are right though, it can be very stressful. We've dedicated a whole day for tank moving and re-set up, so it should be okay.

[michika]

I hit up RC today, and amazingly avoided coming home with more clams! I did come home with 3 SPS colonies, and ReVive coral dip to try out. I've been waiting for this product for a long time, and to have Kevin at RC bring it in for me is fantastic!

So as I was dipping the new colonies in ReVive I came to understand the reasoning for the "this is not a cleaning product" disclaimer on the package. It smells so strong! I'd forgotten how harsh some of the traditional cleaning products smelt!

Tonight we have some polyp extension, but not a lot. All these colonies had considerably better extension at the store. I am not sure how I feel about ReVive over TMPCC as my usual incoming dip of choice. The recovery time from the dip to have full polyp extension seems less with TMPCC, but who knows, this is only the first time I've used the product. The trade off between the two products though is that ReVive has some AEFW potential, and I think as a preventative its worth it. AEFWs scare the crap out of me.









Anyways, so I've decided I do not care for the AquaConnect bulb, or whatever the other non-XM bulb I have on the tank is. Colours don't pop, and SPS beneath it just doesn't thrive. Clearly this is not the bulb for me, and I will, after we move, change it out to something else.

Its nice to see my clams are growing. This gigas is now just about 1/4" away from the glass, however when the mantle is extended, it does touch the glass. When you have bigger clams sometimes it hard to see that they really are growing.



This was the Vlamingi just after I had my hand in the tank to place the new colonies.

[Lance]

Lookin' Good! I really like that coral in the first pic. What is it?

[Delphinus]

Heh, I miss babysitting that gigas!

[michika]

Not sure what it is. The other two colonies don't photograph well unfortunately.

The gigas probably misses all the other clam friends it made at your place!