Adopting a new aquarium

[Doug]

to Canreef

I will move it to the reef forum for you.

[phlyer]

This is a 5 foot display tank made of a combination of acrylic and glass. The tank has rounded corners giving a clear view of the occupanc The acrylic is in great shape and does not have any scratches that I am aware of. The trim matches the cabinet it sits on. It has the option to use a built in filter system incorporated in the lid ( this is only good enough for fresh water fish),also has T5 lighting, consisting of 4 bulbs.

.This sits on a glossy wood finished cabinet that matches the trim on the tank. It has 4 cupboards for storing supplies.
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Filters tank is set up to use a canister filter but I am using two Aqua clear #100 hang on filters original cost $100.00 each

I am running 3 heaters just to be sure if one fails the heat runs constant

1 korolla #6 water mover If I recall this retails for $200.00 plus.

Live rock about 80 lbs of fuji live rock none is flat, all is premium retails at $9.00 a lb

Livestock 6 mature Pajama Cardinals, 2 tomato clowns, 1 bi colored damsel and a few snails.

[fishoholic]

The bad thing about acrylic tanks is that they are a pain to clean. You have to use a special acrylic cleaning pad or mag float and be willing to clean the tank every other day to keep the algae from building up. If you don't clean it fairly often the algae will build up and be next to impossible to scrub off.

Also throw out any used sand and buy new sand, or if you want to use the old sand bed rinse it very very very throughly before reusing it. During the move the old sand will get stirred up and release bad bacteria and nitrates into your system more then likely causing the whole system to crash and you'd end up loosing everything.

Canister filters or aquaclear filters are only good for running carbon in otherwise they just cause problems and become nitrate factories. To clean/filter the water in the tank you will need a skimmer.

[Wayne]

You might want to consider selling the Damsel and not include him in your new system... Needless to say they are hard to remove if you find that he's a PITA later on

They can be aggressive and depending on what you want to do with your system in the future...

[ReefOcean]

Transport as much water as you can and re-use it. Keep as much of the LR submerged as you can during the move. Have pre-made salt water made in buckets a couple days before the move. It you make the saltwater the day of, freshly mixed saltwater can be caustic.

[sgreen]

Rubber maid containers work very well. transfer as much as you can, keep the rock submerged. Do it as fast as possible. And yes the damsel should go, he will cause problems in the future.