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Nitrox, eh? That seems like quite the process. I am going to try a little more low-tech by moving the fish into a 96 qt cooler with two battery powered airstones. The large bubble coral colony will go into a smaller cooler with another bubblerand I will try to wedge it in a bit so that it doesn't get rolled around on the trek. The live rock will go into trash bags with damp newspaper in layers and I will do the same with the large GSP colonies as I understand that they are next to impossible to kill anyway. I will try to save as much of the oold tank water as possible but will be ditching the sand. I have 30g of SW ready to go at my house and may add another 10g just to be sure. The Dude has agreed to help me with setting it up so as I am getting back into town I will get him headed toward my house where we will hopefully get the tank in place, with rock and water in a hour or so and be able to add the fish and corals back in at that point. Thanks for the advice

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Hey South Austin reefers... Before the move this weekend, could I borrow one a nearby refractometer or hydrometer? I have a batch of SW mixed but my old homebrewing hydro is showing 1.022 which seems a low, temp corrected. Thanks

All these South Austin reefers! How cool. Thanks for the offers, really. As it comes together next week I will drop more lines for help and shore up the schedule. I think I am going to rent some tank space if I can so if I get a cycle from reaquascaping, I won't have to worry. I would think I will have GSP to give away although I haven't seen the tank in person (crazy I know). The PT is small right now but will eventually outgrow my tank I would think. It will all depend on how they re-integrate once the cycle is complete, if there is one. For you South Austin reefers, where are you getting topoff water?

Hey. John (the Dude) suggested I ask the group for some advice about transporting a two year old tank from Texas City to my home in Oak Hill. If I get the tank, I will have my wife's suburban assault vehicle (minivan) to transport everything in a climate controlled space. I am going to a restaurant supply store at lunch today to check out the 20 gallon heavy duty totes that are made by Rubbermaid which will handle the 120#'s of LR, water and corals (large bubble coral colony and multiple GSP colonies). There are six fish (purple tang, flame angel, two blennies and a pair of clowns) which I will put into a cooler with a battery powered bubbler from the moment we start until I get them to my house. The sump it comes with is from Ecosystems (miracle mud) and it currently has a HOT skimmer on the sump. I am a total beginner in this hobby so I do not want to mess with something that works at this point so I will need to keep this going. The owner had it running for two years and it cured the PT of HLLE when he got it 8 months ago. Once I get the tank home, it is going to take me awhile to get the tank reaquascaped and refilled with as much old clean water as I can keep and topped off with new SW (he uses Kent- should I stick with this for now or begin changing over to IO or a different salt?). I will have to refit the plumbing/sump/powerheads back together and question whether I should start a QT tank for the fish, or get the tank up and running as soon as possible and get them back into their home (although it will look completely different since the rockwork will change-possibly substantially). I am worried about the PT flipping out and killing his neighbors in the QT but worry that if I put him in the large tank first, he won't let anyone else in... Anyone in south Austin want to help a newb out one Saturday afternoon within the next month? It was suggested to me that I get a consultation from either a LFS or some private company that keeps tanks but maybe I could trade that PT for your assistance (or as much GSP as you want ) Glad I found you!