New tank.

[MixedFruitBasket]

Excuse the mess. We kinda have the house torn apart with tanks strewn everywhere to hold the coral and fish in our emergency. Here are photos of the new tank as we got it into place yesterday. I’m going to do it peninsula style so both sides can be utilized. Hope it turns out nice cause I had to give up space in my already minuscule kitchen.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Excuse the mess. We kinda have the house torn apart with tanks strewn everywhere to hold the coral and fish in our emergency. Here are photos of the new tank as we got it into place yesterday. I’m going to do it peninsula style so both sides can be utilized. Hope it turns out nice cause I had to give up space in my already minuscule kitchen.

Busy and exciting day ahead ! Who doesn't like a New Tank ????

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Busy and exciting day ahead ! Who doesn't like a New Tank ????

My back doesn't think so. Getting too fat and old for this crap.

 

[najer]

Enjoy.

 

[flchamp89]

Looks awesome. Exciting times.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

Since the only thing "new" in the tank will be the substrate I'm not going to worry about cycling it. Also, the tanks I have my corals in for holding, are WAY too small and the health of both fish and coral will begin to suffer.
About 20% of the water is from the previous tank and my frag tank, rocks etc were all kept live cause many have corals attached. I am now waiting on the last bags of my substrate to arrive.

At this point I'm trying to figure out where I can buy an inexpensive (that's the key there) glass box. Not a "fish tank" just a glass box that's about 10-12 inches tall, long, and maybe 10 wide to put in an in sump refugium.

If I can't find what I'm wanting I'll just go with a small 5-10 gal tank.

 

[lavoisier]

If $$ is an issue (as it is for most of us ) why not use a rubbermaid type tube?

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

If $$ is an issue (as it is for most of us ) why not use a rubbermaid type tube?

I have a stock tank I could put them in, if I had somewhere in doors to put the stock tank. I wasn't kidding when I said I gave up most my kitchen to my tank. My home has less than 1000sq of living space and the majority of that is occupied by computer equipment I can't risk exposing to saltwater.
Actual FLOOR space, i.e. not a bathroom, not a closet (I think we have two total and we don't have a basement) minus my bedroom and the office is probably around 500 square feet.

The tank is 48 inches long and I have maybe 26 inches between the end of it and my counter. I have 30x72 inches of room or so on the left and 36X 96 inches on the right and part of that is occupied by the fridge.
You can imagine how crowded my kitchen is with a 20x20 emergency tank on the floor between it, the stove and the sink. You basically have to squeeze past it.
And forget about cooking until I get it emptied and out of the way (which I should be able to do today.)

If it were spring and the nights weren't below 60 I could have put the stock tank outside and dropped a heater in it and let the corals ride on sunlight for a week or so while I get stuff fixed. But they've been without any proper light since last Saturday when all this occurred.

Now I'm off to re-do my lights. Apparently 1.5 inches in height to a tank REALLY throws off the headspace you have to work in your tank.