what's the best way to transport live rock

Should the sand be washed in salt water of just normal tap water? What does the amiquil plus do?

 

Here's what I did when I moved the first time:

If you can leave just enough water to cover the sand bed and move the tank, do it. If you need to disturb the sand, I would just get rid of it and start with fresh sand.

The live rock will be fine if you wrap it in newspaper wet from tank water. I just put mine in a cooler, but you can use a bucket, Rubbermaid container, etc...

4.5 hours is not bad for fish. If you can get some bags from a LFS and package them like they do, the fish will be fine. I would place them in a cooler to keep the temperature stable. I had nano fish, so I put each one of my fishes in a tupperware container, which then went in a cooler.

And Amquel Plus is similar to Prime, it detoxifies ammonia and the such. Just remember that most products like that just convert toxic ammonia into the less toxic ammonium. Most ammonia test kits test for both, so although the ammonia isn't "toxic", it will still show up on your test kit.

 

Should I keep as much of the original water as I can, or just use all new water when I resetup the tank? I'm just curious but why get new sand, could the old sand be/contaminated or something... sorry but I'm just trying to understand... lol
Thanks

 

Buy new sand, you should not need to rinse the rocks unless they are covered with debris. You can simply take a bucket of sw and swish the rocks around to get any hidden detritus or debris off.

Old sand is usually extremely dirty, an older sand bed if move or disturbed can release hydrogen sulfide, cause a significant nitrate spike and a full on cycle. If you're going with the nano one bag of Aragonite sand it worth the expense. You only need a small amount of sand to see with the rest can be rinsed in FW and dried.

SW does not contain enough beneficial bacteria to make a dent in the cycle. Best to start off with fresh. If this is the Biocube you may be getting then sure get as much clean SW as able out of the tank, but that is only for the sake of acclimating the live stock if the tank comes with live stock.

 

It will fit, but then you're lugging around a 100lb garbage can! Have whomever send you a pick of the LR so you know what your getting into. IMO 100lbs of LR does not take up that much space. A garbage can or maybe four 5gal buckets. Take an extra just incase!

 

I'm not getting the bio cube, I want something bigger that I can slowly grow into and not have to find a bigger tank in 3 months and then do it all over again... lol

I'm glad I dont have to haul 90g of water home with me! Thanks

 

One of the tanks I'm looking into has about 10 GBTA in it, should I even try to transport them or just drop the off at a lfs? Ill have a 33g qt ready to go and I want to get a small cuc and maybe a fish or two (tank will have no fish in it when if I get it). What do you all think

 

If you are starting new you won't need a CUC right away cause there won't be anything to clean up for a while. My new 75gal has been up and running a little over a month and I'm just now starting to add one.