Moving a Tank??

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Lay

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Hello, I have been on here since March of this year. I was doing a lot of research on here and else where before I bought my tank. Since this was my first saltwater tank I wanted to go small but high quality so that if I did upgrade later maybe the stuff would still be use full. I bought a JBJ 45 rimless, xr 15 radion light, Tunze 9004, gyre 130 and i built my own stand (maybe not worth the headache but looks good). So here is my problem, I am in the military and I knew that I would have to move some day but not this soon. I have to leave in 2 weeks and my family is staying behind until the end of the school year then coming with me. My lovely wife will feed the fish and that's about it. She will not clean it or refill with rodi water (i dont blame her). So i want to keep it but no way will i be able to take it with me until family comes with. It will not survive the 5 months with no TLC. I was thinking of selling it but i will take a loss which is to be expected and start over once settled again. Even if i can get someone or her to maintain so that things dont die is there a good way to move equipment and fish across country and survive? I was think of selling on here but the selling rules wont let me. Please let me know if there are any good solutions on both sides of the fence keeping and moving it later or just selling it.

Thanks
Brandon
 
That's tough. For maintaining the reef, consider an aquarium maintenance service to come and clean once a month? Or if you live close enough maybe a few of us fellow reefers can pitch in some hours to keep the tank supplied with top off water.

A maintenance service might also be able to help or give tips for moving cross country.

Thank you for your service.


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Definatley rough to have to move on short notice. When considering selling, if you start a build thread on the tank we can get you to 25 posts in a couple days. IMO the larger issue will be getting it all sold in 1.5 weeks. Very few people buy complete systems. You'll likely (at best) be able to get rid of some of the livestock. Depending on your drygods, some will probably sell.

What I'd focus on is trying to sell just the live goods and as a back up plan hopefully you know a LFS a little. Stop in and talk to them to see what they'll do for consignment. Then keep all of the drygoods you think you'll use for the next setup and move them with the family.
 
i have 3 designer clowns i got from someone on this site, a shrimp and a couple corals nothing special didnt want to get that much cause i was afraid of this. Its small but i got all the good stuff for it. so i would not be opposed to getting rid of livestock and this just storing the tank and equipment.
 
also what does a monthly service for 45g cost just a water change and water in the 5g reservoir cost, i have my own rodi system.
 
thank you for all the replies and help.

ya thats what may be the best plan but my only uncertainty is I may be doing this again if the ship i am going to goes on deployment soon. maybe my issue should be getting the wifey hooked into the hobby and maybe she will clean and add water for now.:lol::lol::lol:
 
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Keep talking with us in responding on this page alone and you'll get up to your 25 posts. Sell your livestock and keep your equipment. Asking your wife to keep track of your tank is more trouble than it's worth. Having someone who's not completely happy watching your tank is just asking for disaster.if you keep telling us about your livestock your inverts and then your corals that's three post right there.
 
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Do you know where you're going in the military? You may end up in an awesome place where you could just go down to the beach and get some
Inhabitants from the waterside.
 
Lay said:
thank you for all the replies and help.

ya thats what may be the best plan but my only uncertainty is I may be doing this again if the ship i am going to goes on deployment soon. maybe my issue should be getting the wifey hooked into the hobby and maybe she will clean and add water for now.:lol::lol::lol:
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could work out great , mine loves the hobby and helps out alot
Bryan
 
wrasse said:
Do you know where you're going in the military? You may end up in an awesome place where you could just go down to the beach and get some
Inhabitants from the waterside.
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How does that work can you just grab sealife from the ocean and put it in your tank?

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I have sone coral mostly hammer heads. I have one anemone that the clowns wont host

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The inverts i have is just the cleaner shrimp that i a hace had since day one. Also i didnt know that the snails would reproduce in my tank. One day me and the wife noticed baby snails

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The fish i have is simple. 3 designer clowns that i got off here. One blue hippo tang (yes i know my tank is small for it but i talked to the LFS that will talk it for credit once its too big

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wrasse said:
Keep talking with us in responding on this page alone and you'll get up to your 25 posts. Sell your livestock and keep your equipment. Asking your wife to keep track of your tank is more trouble than it's worth. Having someone who's not completely happy watching your tank is just asking for disaster.if you keep telling us about your livestock your inverts and then your corals that's three post right there.
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Ya i agree if she is not into it then she won't care what the parameters are. She wont know the signs of something bad starting to happen.

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Lay said:
How does that work can you just grab sealife from the ocean and put it in your tank?

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there was a guy on here out of Lombard took members fish orders and they came right from the ocean and were delivered to Ohare and split up and sold out of his basement ... i know Florida does'nt allow it legally
Bryan
 
carpetreef75 said:
there was a guy on here out of Lombard took members fish orders and they came right from the ocean and were delivered to Ohare and split up and sold out of his basement ... i know Florida does'nt allow it legally
Bryan
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Thats crazy being in the navy for the last 12 years i have been able to dive sime pretty sweet places. Great barrier reef, the Maldives, quam i could have never taken from there cause of over seas. But i am going to san diego temporarily for school then off to Seattle. I dont think there is much life there, water is too cold?

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I like how latley i have been disinterested in the tank but now talking about it has me excited about starting over? I think this is normal. What would you guys do different if you had to start over? Or would you not want to?

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Lay said:
Thats crazy being in the navy for the last 12 years i have been able to dive sime pretty sweet places. Great barrier reef, the Maldives, quam i could have never taken from there cause of over seas. But i am going to san diego temporarily for school then off to Seattle. I dont think there is much life there, water is too cold?

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I do remember seeing some HUGE anthias and blue tangs being unboxed and distributed in his basement ..
Bryan
 
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