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03-30-2003, 01:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Puyallup, WA
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Moving Casualties
Well I got the tank completly moved.
Here is an up to date list of casualties:
2 Camelback shrimp
4 forests of Xenia
And here is the Criticaly injured list:
Giant hammer(my favorite)
Giant torch
Green Brain
3 Leathers
And my Girlfriends Clarkie Stole my Gold striped maroons' Anemone!!!! 
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03-30-2003, 02:29 PM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Just South Of Seattle
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Well, I have to admit, I don't think the camel shrimp are much of a loss...nasty coral munchers 
Xenia is wierd. It may very well grow back as long as you didn't scrub the rocks.
What's going on with the critically injured?
How did the move go, overall? Did you find someone to help you?
Alice
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03-30-2003, 02:52 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Puyallup, WA
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everything on the criticaly injured list is in pretty bad shape.
yeah the Xenia just melted into mush.
I liked my camels! They have been with my tank since day one.
Moving the tank was such a pain! I bought a 50 gallen tub to use as a holding tank for the corals and some fish, I stuck a heater and a couple power heads along with a bunch of rock for filtration.
the move overall sucked, and today thankfully is the last day! Down to cleaning the kitchen and shampoing a couple more carpets. Oh yeah and painting over all the scuffs and marks on the walls.
Mojo came down, and was a huge help with some big stuff!
~Randy~
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03-30-2003, 03:12 PM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Just South Of Seattle
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Hehe, I was teasing you about the camels, I remembered that thread about them a while back
I don't care what U-Haul says, moving is NOT an "adventure" it's a PITA! And moving a tank is even worse.
Hats off to Mojo for again helping another reefer in need; Mike, you're a prince 
Randy, I hope your corals, and you and your girlfriend! recover from the move as soon as possible.
Alice
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03-30-2003, 03:42 PM
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Birthday tracker
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Spartanburg, SC USA
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Randy, you may be surprised what comes back! Don't lose all hope.
Hoorayyyy for Mike to come and help! This TRT group is fantastic  even through a move, which as Alice said, is a major PITA.
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03-30-2003, 03:54 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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Randy it sux it went so badly tho I have had camels and I agree with ALice
Wish I had a chance to get up there
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04-01-2003, 12:18 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Puyallup, WA
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looks like I'm adding my big toadstool leather to the critical list It was the only coral that looked 100% after the move |
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04-01-2003, 12:33 AM
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Birthday tracker
Join Date: Jan 2000
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I'm so sorry, Randy
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04-01-2003, 12:50 AM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
Join Date: Jan 1999
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Keep an eye on the toadstool Randy, if it starts to get mushy, try to frag some so it won't be a total loss
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04-01-2003, 01:18 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Puyallup, WA
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Thanks Cath
thanks for the tip Alice
~Randy~ |
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04-01-2003, 09:56 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Memphis, TN
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I have a question, been thinking of when I move what to watch out for. What went wrong? What caused all the problems?
Thanks,
Todd
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04-01-2003, 10:29 AM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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i do not know what went wrong. all i can tell you is how i moved my old tank, a 55. i must have moved it 5 times in as many years without any losses. one of those moves was a 6 hour drive, so the tank was down over 12 hours.
all livestock was bagged into its own bag. i made sure i had enough fish transport stryrofoam boxes before the move. i used the 1 gallon sized ziploc bags for all of the livestock. i tried not to fill the bags with more than half of the water, so there would be enough gas exchange.
i used 2 brand new 50 gallon garbage cans with lids. i only put the LR and water in these. i used two to make it easier to get them in and out of a truck.
i left the substrate in the tank with just enough water to cover it. luckily it was a shallow sb at this time.
when i got to the other end, the first thing i did was get the g-cans aerating and heating. while the g-cans are aclimating i would put the stand and the tank together. and make at least enough frest SW for a 10% water change.
once the tank was together i would start putting in the LR, then the water. when one can was empty i would move the heater into the aquarium to keep the temp going up. after all of the LR is in the tank i would put the livestock in the tank, still in their bags, but open to get frest air in. hopefully the water levels are close, this is the hard part i have found. i would then turn on the system and let everything warm up together. after an hour or so i would start dipping the livestock in to get some fresher water in. when the tank is back up to normal temp i would start putting the corals in first then the fish.
this process worked for me. i do not know what you could have done different, but this is a different way to compare at least.
really sorry, to hear of all of your losses.
G~
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04-01-2003, 01:28 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
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Sorry to hear of your losses!! Hopefully you can save some! Alice idea of fragging is great so if you can frag some corals before they perish completely you can start with those! Keep the faith! |
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04-01-2003, 02:32 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: wash
Posts: 2,262
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Well dont give me to much credit I really didnt do very much. Randy so sorry to hear about your losses, I wished I could have came out and helped with the tank to. I have moved and swaped many a tank also and have had both great sucess and terrible losses, its realy a crap shoot.
take care brother
Mike
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