I am pretty new but saw this tank that someone was selling, is it a good deal?

[Exotrezy]

For God’s sake man, buy the thing. Use a battery pump. If you don’t, I may drive down from NY and buy it myself.

I don’t have a battery pump, I will just use a regular air pump and plug it into the car as I have the car plug converters for cigarette lighters and also built in car plugs.

 

[Tamberav]

You don’t need a heater.

Ask your parents already lol

Water won’t help mature. The stuff that matures is the rock, not the water. The rock is already matured a good amount, just needs to get cleaned up and maybe phosphates leech out if they were high.

 

[Dr. D]

It’s a great deal. Just do it.

 

[Exotrezy]

You don’t need a heater.

Ask your parents already lol

Water won’t help mature. The stuff that matures is the rock, not the water. The rock is already matured a good amount, just needs to get cleaned up and maybe phosphates leech out if they were high.

Ok, so then why would I need to keep the water? I will obviously take some out for the fish and rocks since they are live but other than that I wouldn’t really need it, right? And about asking my parents, I will lol, it’s my dads birthday today so I think he might be even more likely to be fine with haha

 

[Dr. D]

You’ll end up draining the tank before moving it—it will be heavy enough even empty. You’ll need a temporary means of transporting your fish, like a Rubbermaid tub or similar and a means of providing oxygen. I highly recommend you search for YouTube videos on that. Hillary Jaffe has a good one.

There are also very good general video series for new reefers by BRS and SaltwaterAquarium.com. I suggest you watch SA’s “Jimmie Newbie” series start to finish. You probably need to spend a few dozen hours watching these sorts of tutorials before pulling the trigger. There are live fish at stake here, which isn’t normally the case for new folks. Honestly, I’d be more enthusiastic for you if you only got the equipment and not the fish.

 

[Exotrezy]

You’ll end up draining the tank before moving it—it will be heavy enough even empty. You’ll need a temporary means of transporting your fish, like a Rubbermaid tub or similar and a means of providing oxygen. I highly recommend you search for YouTube videos on that. Hillary Jaffe has a good one.

There are also very good general video series for new reefers by BRS and SaltwaterAquarium.com. I suggest you watch SA’s “Jimmie Newbie” series start to finish. You probably need to spend a few dozen hours watching these sorts of tutorials before pulling the trigger. There are live fish at stake here, which isn’t normally the case for new folks. Honestly, I’d be more enthusiastic for you if you only got the equipment and not the fish.

Ok, I know, I was going to watch some of these videos, and have already watched a few. As for the Rubbermaid tub, We wouldn’t really be able to bring that into the car since That being filled with even just half water would be pretty heavy. So I was thinking two 5 gallon buckets and fill them half way.

 

[Tamberav]

Ok, so then why would I need to keep the water? I will obviously take some out for the fish and rocks since they are live but other than that I wouldn’t really need it, right? And about asking my parents, I will lol, it’s my dads birthday today so I think he might be even more likely to be fine with haha

Some people will keep it to try and make parameters swing less.

I personally don’t keep any of it other than what the fish and rock are in when I move. I have moved so many times lol

The one thing you need to do is test salinity of his water. Fish can go down in salinity easy but they can not jump up in salinity.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

It might be fine but I personally wouldn’t. You’re trapping them in cups of water with only regular air. Most of those fish are heavy oxygen demand fish.

But I really don’t know, never tried it. Just worries me but I have no basis to know if it’s a real worry. I always put mine in a 5g bucket and a battery air pump. @Jay Hemdal do you know how long a fish could be in a bag with just air?

It depends on the size of the fish, the amount of water, plus the amount of trapped air.
I avoid bag times of greater than an hour with plain air. Longer times should use pure oxygen.

 

[Exotrezy]

It depends on the size of the fish, the amount of water, plus the amount of trapped air.
I avoid bag times of greater than an hour with plain air. Longer times should use pure oxygen.

Yeah so I will just do the bucket.

 

[Exotrezy]

Some people will keep it to try and make parameters swing less.

I personally don’t keep any of it other than what the fish and rock are in when I move. I have moved so many times lol

The one thing you need to do is test salinity of his water. Fish can go down in salinity easy but they can not jump up in salinity.

Ok, I will make sure to test his salinity

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Yeah so I will just do the bucket.

Just watch that water doesn't slosh out of the bucket as you travel.

 

[Exotrezy]

Just watch that water doesn't slosh out of the bucket as you travel

Yes I will, probably will just bring some plastic wrap as a diy lid.

 

[ogbounceman]

following

 

[ogbounceman]

following

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Yes I will, probably will just bring some plastic wrap as a diy lid.

Just remember that the plastic will cut off air flow, you you need to run an air stone.

 

[Exotrezy]

Some people will keep it to try and make parameters swing less.

I personally don’t keep any of it other than what the fish and rock are in when I move. I have moved so many times lol

The one thing you need to do is test salinity of his water. Fish can go down in salinity easy but they can not jump up in salinity.

Hey also, since I already have your attention lol, any idea what this could be?

 

[Exotrezy]

I’m pretty sure just diatoms but just wanted to get a second opinion

 

[Exotrezy]

The first picture is under a lot of white light by the way

 

[Tamberav]

I seen green film algae and hair algae, pretty normal for a new tank

 

[Exotrezy]

I seen green film algae and hair algae, pretty normal for a new tank

Ok, So none of that is diatoms? Where do you see hair algae? The thing is that if I use a turkey baster and blow it off, after a little it comes back so I think it just recollects in the same area but there are other spots too and it recollects there too. I had a good amount of hair algae on my rocks, I didn’t do anything to it and it’s slowly going away on its own, there barely any of it left on the big rock and only a little on most of the small rocks