FML: Can anyone babysit some corals and possibly know of a cheap cube or red sea

[ZeroHour]

My 62 blew a line and I have to tear it down and move it to dry my subfloor.

I am just going to take the tank down and set up something small and more managable for when I am gone for tournaments.

I am sick right now but I need to find a tank and stand today. Also if anyone has any sand they want to get rid of as I really dont have time to mess with the stuff in my tank,

I will replace any sand you can give me.

Also may need to rehome a fish or 2

[Scream311]

Answer your Texts CHRIS !

I'm just down the rd and can help no biggie. Got plenty of room in the 125 REEF

[Kristy]

Don't forget about the equipment library. As a charter member, you are eligible to borrow items from MAAST's donated collection of equipment. When Mike's 75 sprung a leak, we ended up setting up a couple of temporary tanks until we could come up with a more long-term solution. We borrowed a couple of items from the Equipment Library to do so and that really saved us a lot of running around, a lot of headaches, and a lot of money! :thumbs_up:

[alexdmg]

Hey Chris, I can host any corals or coral safe fish if you need bro.

-Alex

[Regric25]

Chris I sent you a PM I have a 55 gallon tank and stand you can use until you find something permanent. Its not drilled but i have 2 or 3 hob filters you can use and you can use your koralias for water flow. LMK! If not I can also coral sit for you if need be..

[Mike]

There was a 20- 30g in the equipment library that I used, along with HOB skimmer. Just keep up small water changes and you should be okay. Shout if you need anything.

[ZeroHour]

Hey all I just bit the bullet and upgraded so I will be working on it here shortly. I think I have a home for the aggressive corals for temporary, and I know I can get a bunch of my stuff into my little tank which has been cycling now for oh 14 weeks or so lol.

I bought a big red sea, starfire glass etc etc. Its a gorgeous set up and will work great, however the price was hard to stomach so you will see the pieces of my old set up for sale soon. It was a line that broke not the tank, nothing wrong with the setup I have but I go out of town sometimes for over a month. This new setup will be much more user friendly for my wife as well as much more failsafe than what I have now.

Thanks for all the offers and kind words.

[ShAgMaN]

Glad everything worked out man. Congrats on the new tank, looking forward to pics.

[ZeroHour]

Sad part is I got so mad I just tore 85% of the other one down and NEVER have I taken a pic of the tank. Oh well life goes on lol.

Ill get some pics once its up tonight....Will this work?

I have 50% new substrate and im gonna take 50% from my old tank. I understand it has potential to minicycle again. However I have had it sifted pretty good as of late by the worlds most over achieving dragon goby.
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I have kept 90% of the water and im hoping I can get away with just doing a transfer on my stuff. ideas I have never had to do anyhthing like this and never cycled a tank less than 3 months lol.

[justahobby]

You will get a small cycle on your sand but nothing to worry about. Diatoms and maybe cyano. With same water, your rock shouldn't even notice a difference (rock die off being the big cycle problem in newly cycling tanks).

[Big_Pun]

the best way to do it from what I've learned in experience and from Gabe is to go with 100% new sand, and keep at least 50% of your old water, as long as salinity of new water matches your fine. I just transferred my tank not to long ago without disturbing sand in tank I purchased and still got a pretty good cycle. last year I tried keeping about half my sand and the cycle was horrible lost a lot pods and other verts in 48hours. your old sand is holding a lot of gunk and as soon as it disturbed its all released.