Is there a best way to tranfer tanks - Page 2

shanet1975 · 06/16/2010, 06:26 PM

Found this at Lowes. 3 bucks for 50 lb's. Worth it if it'll work. Not if it will cause problems though.
Anyone tried this before? Or any other play sand brands that'll work?

gallivanmk · 06/16/2010, 07:04 PM

I can't look at the link right now, but it depends on what it's quarried from. Different minerals can mess with calcium, pH, etc.... I think most are silicon? and that's not what you want. It needs to be a stone base I think. Anyone have more advice on this? Do a search and I'm sure you can find more detail on why it's a bad idea and what brand to get. If I rembered correctly, only select stores in select areas have the kind that will work and people get excited when they come across it... It's been a few years since I read on this topic though

shanet1975 · 06/16/2010, 07:13 PM

Looks like I'll stick with the carib sea white marine sand. Cheap and it looks decent....
Thanks for the help on this. 3 20 lb bags will hopefully do it..

zachslow · 06/16/2010, 09:07 PM

I just recently moved my 120 gallon SPS heavy tank to a new house two weeks ago. It was a giant pain in the ***--it took 4 of us (it's an elos tank, so it's ridiculously heavy) to move it up four flights of stairs. I'll just say it was a pretty crappy day, but I didn't lose a thing in the move.

Here is my suggestion:

1. Do a water change a few days before moving and heavily syphon your sand. This is important.

2. Drain the water 3/4 of the way down. Then put all of your rocks and coral in the buckets of water.

3. Catch all the fish. It's WAY easier to do when the water level is low and all the rocks are gone. If you have wrasses, make sure you account for all them as they will hide in the sand.

4. Drain the rest of the water.

5. Collect the sand. As long as you don't have a deep sand bed, you should be fine. Just make sure you did a water change a few days before to syphon the crap out of it.

This worked for me and I literally have 30 SPS colonies--and I didn't lose one. Two days later everything looked great.

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06/16/2010, 06:26 PM	#26
shanet1975 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N Brookfield MA Posts: 154	Found this at Lowes. 3 bucks for 50 lb's. Worth it if it'll work. Not if it will cause problems though. Anyone tried this before? Or any other play sand brands that'll work?

06/16/2010, 07:04 PM	#27
gallivanmk Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 663	I can't look at the link right now, but it depends on what it's quarried from. Different minerals can mess with calcium, pH, etc.... I think most are silicon? and that's not what you want. It needs to be a stone base I think. Anyone have more advice on this? Do a search and I'm sure you can find more detail on why it's a bad idea and what brand to get. If I rembered correctly, only select stores in select areas have the kind that will work and people get excited when they come across it... It's been a few years since I read on this topic though

06/16/2010, 07:13 PM	#28
shanet1975 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N Brookfield MA Posts: 154	Looks like I'll stick with the carib sea white marine sand. Cheap and it looks decent.... Thanks for the help on this. 3 20 lb bags will hopefully do it..

06/16/2010, 09:07 PM	#29
zachslow Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: san francisco, ca Posts: 153	I just recently moved my 120 gallon SPS heavy tank to a new house two weeks ago. It was a giant pain in the ***--it took 4 of us (it's an elos tank, so it's ridiculously heavy) to move it up four flights of stairs. I'll just say it was a pretty crappy day, but I didn't lose a thing in the move. Here is my suggestion: 1. Do a water change a few days before moving and heavily syphon your sand. This is important. 2. Drain the water 3/4 of the way down. Then put all of your rocks and coral in the buckets of water. 3. Catch all the fish. It's WAY easier to do when the water level is low and all the rocks are gone. If you have wrasses, make sure you account for all them as they will hide in the sand. 4. Drain the rest of the water. 5. Collect the sand. As long as you don't have a deep sand bed, you should be fine. Just make sure you did a water change a few days before to syphon the crap out of it. This worked for me and I literally have 30 SPS colonies--and I didn't lose one. Two days later everything looked great.