Logistic nightmare

[sampsonndelila]

I have never heard about that with the sand. I might just leave it as is. but I know I cannot lift this thing with the sand. So I will have to move it once. I did catch a break today and a friend loaned me a 55 gal tank so I can transport 55 gal from the new tank and add the fish to that tank. so they will have no change... if the 55 has nothing but water it shouldnt have any spikes. I can run that for a week or two till the big one even out. If we could find that roller cart that would be awsome I think I will give him a PM. I am going to buy the tank tonight. I think I will grab the fish too. and tommorow start moving rock and water.

[sampsonndelila]

I want to move as much water as I can because I think the fish he has are used to RO water. And I know I am bad but I always use Tap Water...sorry. I was going to try to save as much as I can but it might be moot since the tank will have time to sit with the fish being banished to the 55 gal.

[sampsonndelila]

I expected a small growth but I am guessing it will be smaller then the time it took to cycle the tank whne it was new.

(you can also expect at least a small cyano/hair algae/dinoflagellate bloom)

[sampsonndelila]

bump

[rocketeer]

I have a dolly and a 10 ft. sled I made for moving my 240. Need help?

rocketeer

[sampsonndelila]

The guy I am buying from is being a little flakey on times. I was going to move some last night but he couldnt. Ant then this morning but he wont return my calls. Man a dolly would probably really help though.

[OrionN]

I want to move as much water as I can because I think the fish he has are used to RO water. And I know I am bad but I always use Tap Water...sorry. .....

RO water or tap water is not really important when you mix salt water most of the time (occasionally the city water can have massive amount of whatever they use to sterilize the system). However, you should use RO water to replace elaborated water. Daily adding small dose of copper, and what ever else in the tap water may be detrimental. Even using just tap water to top-off, if you change your water often enough, there would not be any problem other than expensive salt cost.
I use tap water to mix salt for water changes, but use RO to top-off for many years now and never have any problem attributable to doing this. I do have problem from time to time when I am lazy and not change water but these are quickly corrected with water changes using tap water to mix salt.

[fishypets]

OrionN-

I don't understand how mixing tap water in large quantities like for doing water changes will not hurt your tank but topping off will?

[OrionN]

My 30 g tank evaporate .5 g per day. I have to add tap water as top off for two months before I get the dissolved solid I put in my tank with the initial make up of salt water using tap. What I am trying to say here is that the concentration of toxic dissolved solid in tap water (copper and other metals) are very low. It is the adding of these daily by top off water that is a danger not the low concentration initially when we mix the water with tap water. Even copper is a minor nutrient need for our reef tank, but very toxic to invertebrates only when exceeded certain level.
BTW, my tank is very efficient in handling nutrients and the nitrated in the tap water is of no concern to me. Just the dissolved metal, namely copper is of real concern to me.