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How to move a DSB?
If I set up a 200g and then need to move it out of an apartment in 1-2 years and set it up in a house - how do I prevent all the toxic gasses from escaping into the water and killing everything?
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Years ago I was in the same boat.
I removed as much tank water as I could. Then I placed all the rock, corals fish etc. into rubbermaids with tank water. I discarded the DSB and used new sand in my tank. I kept a small amount of the sand to help "seed" the new DSB. Sean
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That's exactly what I did and it worked fine. Using too much of the old stuff looked like it was going to foul the water more than it was worth. You can clean the rest then use it later along with the smaller amount you kept. I was amazed how long I had to flush my old stuff before the water ran clean.
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"I was amazed how long I had to flush my old stuff before the water ran clean."
This is why I'm considering going BB and having an external DSB refugium (if at all - sand always gets so dirty)
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If you are wanting to go to a BB I can post some links to make your life easier.
Sean
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Im thinking about going BB on my next move, that link would be great.
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ditto............. WELL said.... New Mariner.... I moved a 90G tank and 55G refug from Austin,TX 4 yrs ago and only reused the water from tank,which I carted 350 miles. I recently moved tank across the room and got that old sand out (which I had cleaned 4 yrs ago) and reused it....
I remember to this day how nasty it was, and how it took 3 hrs to rinse it 95% clean.... the tank never cycled hard either time ....... just had a little NTS... corals and fish never even knew they had moved.... DO NOT REUSE THE SAND... it's nas!-teee! ........... Ray
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Has anyone had any experience with this while using a plenum? From the article I read in Marine Fish & Aquarium (I think Sept, or Oct 07) the "bad stuff" in LS is not created when using a plenum. In the article the guy had left a 200(?) gal tank for 2 years, testing constantly both the main body of the tank and the plenum space, and after those 2 years he disassembled the tank and found no bad spots in the sand.
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I dont think the sand/gravel would work as a plenum. The plenum is really just a bare water space under your gravel. The plenum I am making (in blog) is 1/2" PVC and will be wrapped in filter material to stop gravel/sand from entering the space so you end up with a low-ox water space.
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