Gopi
Active Member
Well...I'm in a pickle. I had to move fish and corals into temp holding containers over the weekend while floors were redone in our house. It was only supposed to be for a week....
Apparently the room where I had my reef (my new 90 gallon!!) will not be completed for another 2 weeks. There was some miscommunication with the contractor about the flooring for that room (tile) so I won't be able to set up my tank for a bit. This is a problem.
The fish (2 clowns, 2 diagonal bar gobies, 1 indigo dottyback) are in a 20 gallon storage container with some LR, heater and RW8 in the bathtub. The skimmer has not been up and running. My corals (all frag size) have been in 10 gallon tanks on the bathroom floor without "proper" reef lighting. One tank has all the reef tank corals: zoa/palys, anthelia, sympodium, 1 psammacora frag, euphyllia, toadstools, chalice, gsp, cloves, duncan- they got the strip light, modded AC70 and heater. My nano tank corals are in another 10 (sump from the reef tank) are are mostly mushrooms and rics as well as a couple small gorgonians. My macro algaes are also in one section of that tank. They have an RW8 turned down very low but no heater (will be going into a seahorse tank, room temp has been OK).
With water changes, I think the fish will be OK. I've been feeding sparingly. I'm concerned about lighting and corals. I could probably put my a 48in fixture over the 10s (I have a spare 2 bulb Coralife or the 4 bulb aquatic life) I suppose...but that might be a bit much given the shallowness. I also have a 12inch Wavepoint LED from the nano, but that would only cover one tank and would need to be propped on a lid of some sort because these are rimmed tanks.
I suppose I could also set up the 90 in one room and then empty it and move everything in a couple weeks but...that would be a huge PITA. I could also do the same with the previous 55 which I hadn't sold off yet...but also moving that back into the house, setting up and then tearing down is a pain. So...positive words and suggestions please?
Apparently the room where I had my reef (my new 90 gallon!!) will not be completed for another 2 weeks. There was some miscommunication with the contractor about the flooring for that room (tile) so I won't be able to set up my tank for a bit. This is a problem.
The fish (2 clowns, 2 diagonal bar gobies, 1 indigo dottyback) are in a 20 gallon storage container with some LR, heater and RW8 in the bathtub. The skimmer has not been up and running. My corals (all frag size) have been in 10 gallon tanks on the bathroom floor without "proper" reef lighting. One tank has all the reef tank corals: zoa/palys, anthelia, sympodium, 1 psammacora frag, euphyllia, toadstools, chalice, gsp, cloves, duncan- they got the strip light, modded AC70 and heater. My nano tank corals are in another 10 (sump from the reef tank) are are mostly mushrooms and rics as well as a couple small gorgonians. My macro algaes are also in one section of that tank. They have an RW8 turned down very low but no heater (will be going into a seahorse tank, room temp has been OK).
With water changes, I think the fish will be OK. I've been feeding sparingly. I'm concerned about lighting and corals. I could probably put my a 48in fixture over the 10s (I have a spare 2 bulb Coralife or the 4 bulb aquatic life) I suppose...but that might be a bit much given the shallowness. I also have a 12inch Wavepoint LED from the nano, but that would only cover one tank and would need to be propped on a lid of some sort because these are rimmed tanks.
I suppose I could also set up the 90 in one room and then empty it and move everything in a couple weeks but...that would be a huge PITA. I could also do the same with the previous 55 which I hadn't sold off yet...but also moving that back into the house, setting up and then tearing down is a pain. So...positive words and suggestions please?
