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Old 04-26-2004, 01:50 AM
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He was a great little fish and I feel terrible that my selfishness is the cause of his (and the wrasse's) demise. I wish I didn't have to learn lessons the hard way but clearly the lesson is that tanks ought not to be moved; far better to tear-down (find homes for everything first), and rebuild later down the road. I'm sure a lot of folks are thinking, "kind of told you so" .. and .. you are absolutely correct, you were right.
I don't think it fair to yourself to put yourself through agony. Yes, in retrospect you could have done things better, but one lives and learns. It is the old story s**t happens, but you need to move on.

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Looking at things it's perfectly clear to me that I have too much in these tanks. So I'm going to have a fire sale. Anything you guys would like out of the two tanks? Let me know, because I'm totally open to offers for stuff right now.
I would not mind giving those speckled mushrooms a shot. So if you have a bit of a rock with some on it...........
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Old 04-26-2004, 02:12 AM
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That's a great point Deb
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Old 04-26-2004, 01:48 PM
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Aside from the casualties ,I'd say the move went well. It's always easy to look back and think of ways to have done things differently. But once the first rock is pulled from the tank your rollin' and it's time to get at 'er...we used our time wisely and patience was practiced where reqired. There's always risks when a system is disturbed. Regardless of the level of distruption.
It was nice to see such a "community involvement" in such a large task !
It helps to confirm there are still some good people in this world... .
I am happy to report I suffered no injuries and did not require the use of a single band-aid. And the mouthful of saltwater while sucking on the siphon hose...that was intentional. It appeared everyone needed a laugh at the moment. Just "takin' one for the team...". . Besides, I'm always hearing your supposed to drink at least five glasses of water a day...they never state in which form however.
I was glad to lend a hand. We'll be back to move it again as I'm sure you're aware the 72g is not straight...
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Old 04-26-2004, 05:09 PM
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Exactly Doug, there probably is no "RIGHT" way to move a tank, it how the inhabitants decide to take it. I have done it once with my SW tank. I had to move it from the office to my basement tank as I was having major algae problenms and I wanted to tear it down to redo it as nothing I did helped clear the algae bloom (and I mean it was a BLOOM) I think I lost 1 fish in the deal, and I was going from main floor to basement, I also did not move any sandbed, just the rocks that were clean, the fish and the water


Doug - > the pics will be online later with you doing the syphon


All in All Tony I think it went well considering some of the casualties


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There is like a 20g rubbermaid, sort of opaque in colour, with a green lid, leftover from the move... I have no idea who it belongs to? If it sounds familiar, could you drop me a line.
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Old 05-12-2004, 10:39 PM
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I don't know who owns the Rubbermaid, but I need a salt bucket because somehow I came out without one.
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