Worst decision I have made for this hobby!

[Madreefer]

Well at least you have a bunch of locals that'll help you out with restocking.

[mrhasan]

Sorry for the late replies everyone. Been busy the whole day with the move and putting the corals in a tub with saltwater. Corals seem fine (they were sitting in a garage for the whole night till after noon) but the fishes (4 chromis) and the cleaner shrimp died I have the skimmer running in the tub so I just hope they survive till they are put back into the tank.

Originally Posted by Dearth

That is crappy but understandable moving always sucks and mix in the fact of moving a SW system is added stress especially the larger the tank the larger the headache.

Hope it all works out for you in the end

Thanks

Originally Posted by Titus99

Raied this summers been the ****s for you.

When your ready ill help you with live stock. I always have frags. You just pay the shipping and we will get you going again

Thank you so much for the offer Nick Well in terms of this hobby, you are right, summer has been crappy but in other terms related to scholarship and work, it has been great. Best part is, I have been able to isolate my feelings from my hobby and other activities of mine; previously I used to moan and now when crap happens in this hobby, I just follow what Brad once wrote: there can be things much worse than just dying corals

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

If you want, you can move some stuff to my tank until you get yours up and running again. I can help move it both ways if needed!

I don't have much I can offer as far as restocking is concerned though.

Thanks a lot for the offer Sheena. Really appreciate it I have moved it to my brother-in-laws house and will again have to move possibly 13/14th (after I get my tank filled with water at the new place). If I see the tub is not working for the corals, I will give you a knock

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Seth81

Sorry to hear that your not having a great time.... I'm not looking forward to the day I need to move my tank! I honestly have no idea what or how I'm gonna do it!

Thanks Well I did learn some things about moving corals; planing is a must which I didn't do other than having saltwater ready at my temporary resident beforehand. Oh well, atleast I am confident that my next move, although tiring it will be, will be much more efficient to say the least.

Originally Posted by stellarfly

Mr Saltwater tank did a lecture on moving a reef tank during last years macna! I hope he comes out with that guide! So useful. Time and time again I see posts about moving a reef tank.

Mark does give come nice advice. Didn't see that video though. Wish I would have

Originally Posted by AdamsB

I moved my 90 gallon and lost 150 dollar in fish. One was a beautiful kole tang. I had 10 or so buckets full of rock, fish and coral mixed up so I didn't have fish fighting etc. unloading everything I wanted to get the rock in first so as not to crush my gobies. So I got busy putting everything in and put a bucket to the side with the lid on so I didn't get a jumper. After it was all done I moved my furniture and all the less important stuff

End of the day I say down on the couch and admire my rushed new aqua scape. Then I saw the bucket I put to the side, the only bucket with a lid on it. Opened it to find almost everything dead, the kole was alive but didn't survive the night in the tank. A cleaner survived in the bucket and is still alive today.

Lesson learned. I'll be doing a lot more prep in future. Very disheartening, the financial aspect sucks but the fish were very nice and it could have been avoided.

Sorry to hear about your loss Well I lost 4 chromis and the cleaner shrimp. Financially, its no hit and I wasn't worried about it but in the end, its the attachment to those livestock. I have a neon green birdnest that is now almost 6" across which I grew from a 1" frag. That's why I didn't feel like selling them since I have put too much work for the corals to let them go; it was more like "I would let them die but won't let them die"...sounds bad its all about attachment.