Transporting an Established Tank
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Transporting an Established Tank
You need a protein skimmer, not a canister filter.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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runningboy01
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Re: Transporting an Established Tank
It has a protein skimmer too, which is up and running. The previous owner kept the filter working too but i remember reading that i shouldn't need one.
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goldielocke76
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Re: Transporting an Established Tank
LoL that looks like a decent amount of LR-- more than 10 lbs, haha. Did you have a chance to weigh it?
5.5g: Pond snails
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
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runningboy01
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Re: Transporting an Established Tank
I did not. I can tell you though that it filled up four 5 gallon home depot buckets.goldielocke76 wrote:LoL that looks like a decent amount of LR-- more than 10 lbs, haha. Did you have a chance to weigh it?
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goldielocke76
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Re: Transporting an Established Tank
Wow, that's a decent amount. Not sure if the buckets are anything to go by, but my LR was transported in 4 five gallon buckets. We filled them with about 20-25 lbs each, filled the up with SW and brought them home. Sounds like you got an awesome deal!
5.5g: Pond snails
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
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runningboy01
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Re: Transporting an Established Tank
Any advice on how the powerheads should be positioned? I have them pointing at an angle (I think you can tell from the pictures) so that they do hit the live rock.