Hi,
It's been awhile. I had a 37 gallon mixed species reef tank, but then Caulerpa took over my entire tank and no matter how much I pruned, it ended up overtaking the entire tank and choked every frag to death. Now I have to restart my tank and change my tank stand while I'm at it, but I have 5 happy fish that I want to keep. What is the proper procedure to do this with minimal stress to the fish?
I guess my plan would be to:
- Prepare all the replacement volume of water beforehand
- Drain all the water from the sump.
- Drain all the water from the main display and catch all the fish and put them into an aerated bucket
- Remove all the existing rocks (if anyone wants my caulerpa choked rocks still to see if they can salvage a few zoa polyps or mushrooms or whatever for free, PM me)
- Move the tank and sump to the new stand
- Add bare rocks (I've learned my lesson now, never start with live rock seeded from the ocean)
- Refill and add the fish back in
Any suggestions or additions to this plan?
It's been awhile. I had a 37 gallon mixed species reef tank, but then Caulerpa took over my entire tank and no matter how much I pruned, it ended up overtaking the entire tank and choked every frag to death. Now I have to restart my tank and change my tank stand while I'm at it, but I have 5 happy fish that I want to keep. What is the proper procedure to do this with minimal stress to the fish?
I guess my plan would be to:
- Prepare all the replacement volume of water beforehand
- Drain all the water from the sump.
- Drain all the water from the main display and catch all the fish and put them into an aerated bucket
- Remove all the existing rocks (if anyone wants my caulerpa choked rocks still to see if they can salvage a few zoa polyps or mushrooms or whatever for free, PM me)
- Move the tank and sump to the new stand
- Add bare rocks (I've learned my lesson now, never start with live rock seeded from the ocean)
- Refill and add the fish back in
Any suggestions or additions to this plan?