Hello! So, over the next few days we will be moving. Nothing far, only about 12 minutes away. I’ve moved freshwater tanks before, although they were only 7.5-10 gallon tank. It was pretty straightforward for freshwater.
With this being my first time moving saltwater, I’m concerned about all of my coral surviving and how to go about moving everything. My plan is to have a bunch of empty 5 gallons jugs to drain my tank into and to keep and use at least 15g of original tank water to fill my tank back up after the move. I also plan on having 20g or so of fresh salt water to do a water change shortly after the move and things have time to settle down.
As for my corals/inverts/lawnmower blenny… the plan is to collect them all and put them in a 5 gallon bucket for the drive over and to get them back into my tank asap. My main concern is being able to actually catch my lawnmower blenny. Any tricks? As for the corals, I’m going to either be bagging them up individually or getting some egg crate cut and placed into the 5g bucket to hold all the corals still on frag plugs.
Is there anything else I should be doing to help ensure everyone survives the short drive? Any suggestions to make it go smoothly, or something in hindsight you wish you had done/used? Any and all help is appreciated, thanks!
With this being my first time moving saltwater, I’m concerned about all of my coral surviving and how to go about moving everything. My plan is to have a bunch of empty 5 gallons jugs to drain my tank into and to keep and use at least 15g of original tank water to fill my tank back up after the move. I also plan on having 20g or so of fresh salt water to do a water change shortly after the move and things have time to settle down.
As for my corals/inverts/lawnmower blenny… the plan is to collect them all and put them in a 5 gallon bucket for the drive over and to get them back into my tank asap. My main concern is being able to actually catch my lawnmower blenny. Any tricks? As for the corals, I’m going to either be bagging them up individually or getting some egg crate cut and placed into the 5g bucket to hold all the corals still on frag plugs.
Is there anything else I should be doing to help ensure everyone survives the short drive? Any suggestions to make it go smoothly, or something in hindsight you wish you had done/used? Any and all help is appreciated, thanks!
. That is the key with fish. Leave them in the tank as long as possible, corals will be fine, remember they ship from another country over here, sometimes days with a simple re-ox, same with some fish. 
