 Re: Moving soon
J,
We just went through tank breakdowns and move due to new carpet being installed in our house. All our tanks are BB so there wasn't a sand bed issue. We transferred fish and corals and rock into brute containers while breaking down tanks. We tried to save as much tank water as possible to add when refilling.
I have heard other reefers remove sand beds and keep part of the top layer to reseed new sand to re start. I personally like BB because it forces you to remove detritus because it's easy to see on tank bottom.
In our move we had no noticable tank cycle. All corals made it fine. We lost a bi-color blenny due to stress. Rock and livestock were in Brute containers for about 48 hours. We did have heater, power heads, and light for them. We also left corals attached to rock. If I were going to move to a new house I probably would remove them as to keep any damage to a minimum.
HTH, Scott
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