How far is 100 - 150 km in miles?sorry I'm lazy to look it upMy guess your not near me.I'd help.but buy me a two way plane ticket and I'm there!
reef tank for sale
hi everyone! I have a question. hope you can advise me.
someone is selling his/her reef tank complete red sea 130 with live rock and some fish and invertebs. its really bargain but the whole thing would need to travel somehow ca. 100-150 km between our places. i have some experience with tropical aquarium. reef tank was always a dream shall i grab the bargain? or would it turn out to be a nightmare since I do not know the tank set up/history etc.
I am very tempted ... have to admit
thanks for suggestions and advice
someone is selling his/her reef tank complete red sea 130 with live rock and some fish and invertebs. its really bargain but the whole thing would need to travel somehow ca. 100-150 km between our places. i have some experience with tropical aquarium. reef tank was always a dream shall i grab the bargain? or would it turn out to be a nightmare since I do not know the tank set up/history etc.
I am very tempted ... have to admit
thanks for suggestions and advice
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hi i am in uk !!! but in my home country we use metric system. its about 65-100 miles, rather closer to a 100. shall i go for it? I am checking the species they suppose to have and not sure all is compatible. would I need to transport the water as well? more i think about more mission impossible it appears to be....
but in my home country we use metric system. its about 65-100 miles, rather closer to a 100. shall i go for it? I am checking the species they suppose to have and not sure all is compatible. would I need to transport the water as well? more i think about more mission impossible it appears to be....
You will need to have some water to keep things alive but I wouldn't use it when I arived at the new location.hi i am in uk !!!
I am only just realising how ambitious it is - thanks for all your tips. yeah of course I would prefer animals survive this ordeal but in a way you HAVE to prepared for losses, sad thing to say. I will try to approach these people in a way we can talk things through. I dont want to sound patronising but I might want their animals to survive more than they do ... so i thought the worst case scenario I will end up with second hand but good quality (and what they say ca. 2 yrs old) marine tank and one day might start from scratch. In a current set up it seems there are no corals, only live rock/sand, fish and invertebs. Having these animals already would I be able to start growing corals? isnt their tank a bit overcrowded 130 lts and 10 fish plus invertebs?
Yeah that the point I am on my own so no second pair of hands and another head to think so hesitating is an understatement but whatever I decide this might push me finally in to reef tank.
regards
Yeah that the point I am on my own so no second pair of hands and another head to think
so hesitating is an understatement but whatever I decide this might push me finally in to reef tank. regards
here's what i would do:
get the following
- small truck
- two big containers (that fit at least 50% of the total water each) (or 4 if they get too big)
- enough blankets to insulate the containers, and protect your aquarium/stand
- 2 battery operated airpumps
- 50% volume of premixed ready (heater, powerhead) at destination
Arrive around 4pm , drain aquarium 50% transport fish into this container with just water, tight closing lid, airpump flowing. and add a powerhead (so you have circulation until done with loading the rest)
Drain remaining 50% of the water to the second container, move rocks (gloves !) into it, than the sand and airpump, temporary powerhead again.
Break down the rest move into truck, unhook power for powerheads and drive, by this time its night, and dark, try to pick a day with a good 70's-80' outside temp. if possible.
When you arrive, hook up powerheads, add heater in the fish container and reverse the order while trying to minimize light (to reduce stress) when you emptied the first container (rocks/sand) in the AQ, and added the 20% new water you premixed before, run this for a while, and then check the waterlevels for nitrates etc that probably came free out of the sand etc. while moving.
At this point decide if you want to fill with water from the fish container, or the remaining 25% batch you have.
Drain the fish container to almost empty, remove (hopefully none) any dead loss.
And setup a drip line from the aquarium into the container to slowly adjust the fish to the new water.
When done, transport fish to AQ, ensure that lights are set on timers etc so you don't disturb the cycle too much ....
SLEEP .. wake up, and enjoy .. (if it's still not too cloudy from the sand)
get the following
- small truck
- two big containers (that fit at least 50% of the total water each) (or 4 if they get too big)
- enough blankets to insulate the containers, and protect your aquarium/stand
- 2 battery operated airpumps
- 50% volume of premixed ready (heater, powerhead) at destination
Arrive around 4pm , drain aquarium 50% transport fish into this container with just water, tight closing lid, airpump flowing. and add a powerhead (so you have circulation until done with loading the rest)
Drain remaining 50% of the water to the second container, move rocks (gloves !) into it, than the sand and airpump, temporary powerhead again.
Break down the rest move into truck, unhook power for powerheads and drive, by this time its night, and dark, try to pick a day with a good 70's-80' outside temp. if possible.
When you arrive, hook up powerheads, add heater in the fish container and reverse the order while trying to minimize light (to reduce stress) when you emptied the first container (rocks/sand) in the AQ, and added the 20% new water you premixed before, run this for a while, and then check the waterlevels for nitrates etc that probably came free out of the sand etc. while moving.
At this point decide if you want to fill with water from the fish container, or the remaining 25% batch you have.
Drain the fish container to almost empty, remove (hopefully none) any dead loss.
And setup a drip line from the aquarium into the container to slowly adjust the fish to the new water.
When done, transport fish to AQ, ensure that lights are set on timers etc so you don't disturb the cycle too much ....
SLEEP ..
wake up, and enjoy .. (if it's still not too cloudy from the sand)
gosh and that is easy? okay thanks for all that - its exactly what I needed to somehow visualise what to do and how. i dont know these guys who are selling are a bit strange dont talk much, say smth like 'no longer wanted' 'no time' when asked why they're selling. I am a bit puzzled. then I think i dont want to be the same in a week time. unprepared newbie with a reef aquarium in my living room.
I am trying to make a list of things I need to get beforehand. Water conditioners, supplements, food, salt. And i think I'd rather start with an empty tank but havent given up the idea completely yet.
Yes I would like to grow corals. but I suppose first goal would be transporting and keeping alive what comes with this set up! enough challenge for me.
i got excited because not always you get a bargain when it comes to marine tanks.
PS. circa (ca.) = about
I am trying to make a list of things I need to get beforehand. Water conditioners, supplements, food, salt. And i think I'd rather start with an empty tank
but havent given up the idea completely yet.Yes I would like to grow corals. but I suppose first goal would be transporting and keeping alive what comes with this set up! enough challenge for me.
i got excited because not always you get a bargain when it comes to marine tanks.
PS. circa (ca.) = about
Thanks for that
I would also heavily weigh the possibility of "moving home in a year"
How do you feel about going through a move like this twice?
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