I finally found the time to set up my 75. After waiting hours upon hours for about fifty gallons of RO/DI water, I filled the tank and transfered my live rock from my 29. That was last night when things were simple. Today when I got off work all of the corals were looking better than they had in months, and my Sebae was the fattest I'd ever seen it.
Then I decided to put the 29 in my stand. It wouldn't fit! I sat there in disbelief, cursed, and considered my options. The only tank that could wiggle in there would have been a 10, but in my opinion that wouldn't have been worth the trouble. So I went with plan B, where I ran to Home Depot and dropped $40 on a 44 gallon Brute trashcan. I drained about thirty gallons into the can and dropped all of my live rock in. Next, the remaining tank water was pumped out my back door. Before I tell you what happened next, I have a disclaimer:
A Brute is not meant to hold a 75 gallon aquarium. Don't try it at home.
So on with my fiasco. The was a bit of water left in the bottom of the aquarium, so it was a struggle to lift it off its stand. In order to get the 29 in my stand, I had to remove a slat of wood that didn't appear to be bearing much weight, but I'm not engineer
The rest of the retransfer went well and the trash can held the water plus my tank, so things were good. There was constant plugging and unplugging with wet hands and no shocks or fires. The only problems I see are with my urchin and my salt mix. The urchin didn't seem to enjoy the shuffling because he's beginning to lose spines, and my salt mix bucket seems to be empty.
It's been a crazy day, and I conclude that transferring an existing system is a major PITA. I'd love to say never again, but I know that's not true.
Then I decided to put the 29 in my stand. It wouldn't fit! I sat there in disbelief, cursed, and considered my options. The only tank that could wiggle in there would have been a 10, but in my opinion that wouldn't have been worth the trouble. So I went with plan B, where I ran to Home Depot and dropped $40 on a 44 gallon Brute trashcan. I drained about thirty gallons into the can and dropped all of my live rock in. Next, the remaining tank water was pumped out my back door. Before I tell you what happened next, I have a disclaimer:
A Brute is not meant to hold a 75 gallon aquarium. Don't try it at home.
So on with my fiasco. The was a bit of water left in the bottom of the aquarium, so it was a struggle to lift it off its stand. In order to get the 29 in my stand, I had to remove a slat of wood that didn't appear to be bearing much weight, but I'm not engineer
The rest of the retransfer went well and the trash can held the water plus my tank, so things were good. There was constant plugging and unplugging with wet hands and no shocks or fires. The only problems I see are with my urchin and my salt mix. The urchin didn't seem to enjoy the shuffling because he's beginning to lose spines, and my salt mix bucket seems to be empty.
It's been a crazy day, and I conclude that transferring an existing system is a major PITA. I'd love to say never again, but I know that's not true.
