Moving tank with Mandarin

MilkWeed18 · 02/24/2011, 09:53 PM

I will be moving soon, about 30 minutes away. My tank is almost 1 year old with a lot of copepods. what would be the best way to transfer the tank without losing copepods and starving the mandarin

Flippers4pups · 02/24/2011, 10:18 PM

How old is the mandy? This could be the time you could try training it to accept frozen mysis.

MilkWeed18 · 02/24/2011, 11:20 PM

Im not sure, he is still small though.

Flippers4pups · 02/24/2011, 11:25 PM

Have you tried feeding him anything or just eats live pods?

MilkWeed18 · 02/24/2011, 11:35 PM

just eats pods. only thing i can think of, is trying my best to keep the sand intact so i dont have to replace it.

Angel*Fish · 02/24/2011, 11:41 PM

Most of your pods are on the rock. You just want to keep the time the rock is out of water to a minimum. I'd be shooting for 30 min in your position.

Flippers4pups · 02/24/2011, 11:48 PM

It may take some time for your pod population to recover after a move. I would buy some pods after the move and seed the tank. I would look into training the mandarin to accept frozen PE mysis shrimp to keep it alive. I had to do this with my Target and he now eats them a couple times a day for me. There is some threads here on RC that address training a Dragonette.

zenpytho · 02/25/2011, 07:45 PM

remove your rock very slow and easy and put it in a tote with water thats how i had to move mine twice and both times it was overnight just keep a heater in water and i had just as many pods as i did before the move but itf u want a lil extra assurance add some more pods when your reset

Sk8r · 02/26/2011, 07:59 AM

a wad of cheato often comes in loaded with pods: if you don't have a fuge, set up one and you'll be fine.

Angel*Fish · 02/26/2011, 09:25 AM

That's a really good point - for less money you get chaeto and pods. Chaeto can even come with extras like mysid shrimp.

02/24/2011, 09:53 PM	#1
MilkWeed18 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Orlando Posts: 135	Moving tank with Mandarin I will be moving soon, about 30 minutes away. My tank is almost 1 year old with a lot of copepods. what would be the best way to transfer the tank without losing copepods and starving the mandarin __________________ "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." - Carl Sagan

02/24/2011, 10:18 PM	#2
Flippers4pups Home made abyss Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lake Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,047	How old is the mandy? This could be the time you could try training it to accept frozen mysis. __________________ Don Reefing since 1993 Current Tank info: 125 gallon DT , 125 gallon basement sump. Rw 15 & Rw 8. Panworld 150ps return. Reef Octopus 150 skimmer, 3 165w mars aqua led.

02/24/2011, 11:20 PM	#3
MilkWeed18 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Orlando Posts: 135	Im not sure, he is still small though. __________________ "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." - Carl Sagan

02/24/2011, 11:25 PM	#4
Flippers4pups Home made abyss Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lake Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,047	Have you tried feeding him anything or just eats live pods? __________________ Don Reefing since 1993 Current Tank info: 125 gallon DT , 125 gallon basement sump. Rw 15 & Rw 8. Panworld 150ps return. Reef Octopus 150 skimmer, 3 165w mars aqua led.

02/24/2011, 11:35 PM	#5
MilkWeed18 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Orlando Posts: 135	just eats pods. only thing i can think of, is trying my best to keep the sand intact so i dont have to replace it. __________________ "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." - Carl Sagan

02/24/2011, 11:41 PM	#6
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	Most of your pods are on the rock. You just want to keep the time the rock is out of water to a minimum. I'd be shooting for 30 min in your position. __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

02/24/2011, 11:48 PM	#7
Flippers4pups Home made abyss Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lake Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,047	It may take some time for your pod population to recover after a move. I would buy some pods after the move and seed the tank. I would look into training the mandarin to accept frozen PE mysis shrimp to keep it alive. I had to do this with my Target and he now eats them a couple times a day for me. There is some threads here on RC that address training a Dragonette. __________________ Don Reefing since 1993 Current Tank info: 125 gallon DT , 125 gallon basement sump. Rw 15 & Rw 8. Panworld 150ps return. Reef Octopus 150 skimmer, 3 165w mars aqua led.

02/25/2011, 07:45 PM	#8
zenpytho Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 160	remove your rock very slow and easy and put it in a tote with water thats how i had to move mine twice and both times it was overnight just keep a heater in water and i had just as many pods as i did before the move but itf u want a lil extra assurance add some more pods when your reset

02/26/2011, 07:59 AM	#9
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	a wad of cheato often comes in loaded with pods: if you don't have a fuge, set up one and you'll be fine. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

02/26/2011, 09:25 AM	#10
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	That's a really good point - for less money you get chaeto and pods. Chaeto can even come with extras like mysid shrimp. __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

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