Hey there, its going kind of slow. The fact that I had no heads-up from Red Sea that it was going to be delivered, left me completely unplanned (expecting it late August). Anyways, im happy its here though!
Currently, I'm struggling with finding movers. The S-1000 is in its own league as the glass aquarium is 590lbs, vs 436 lbs of the 750XXL. A lot of LFS are either busy or have not helped set-up an S-1000 before. 2 LFS said they couldnt help because they did not have staff, and 3 others had to think about it (and none have come back so far). I also inquired about movers to help me move the tank from the drive way (my garage is a room) to inside the house in one of the rooms, and about 75% of movers said they could not help because it was glass and 590 lbs. I was able to find a mover (with good reviews) to come out today around 3PM to help me with the move.
The other problem I have is that the stand is underneath the aquarium inside the crate, so unfortunately, I won't be able to have these movers help me move it on top of the stand (as i need to assemble it first). But, I bought two of those wooden dollies that i plan to have them set it on. Hopefully, I can find some relatives and friends (maybe 6-7 people) to just come over and lift it on top of the stand.
It's also probably going to take me a few weeks to set-up since I started a new job, and I still need to make 265 gallons of water. I also have not even thought about aquascape (nor bought the rocks).
I do plan to move over the following from my existing tanks:
-2 Large mertensii anemone
-1 large gigantea yellow anemone
-1 large blue haddoni
- 1 green pizza anemone (maybe, not sure yet)
-1 or 2 red haddoni (might just move over 1)
-Purple tang
-Yellow tang
-Hippo tang
-2 occ clowns
-1 saddleback clown
-2 skunk clowns
-fox face
-1 starry blenny
- coral beauty
-mandarin
-1 clam
equipment:
-3 AP9X kessils
-Pax Bellum N24 algae reactor
-Octo skimmer
-Havent thought about return pump yet
-4 350F maxspect wavemakers