Christian Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Hello to all. It's been a long time since I have been on here, but a new chapter in my life is a bout to start and I have a few questions to ask. I'm moveing to corpus in the next couple of weeks to go to college at texas A&M Corpus christi. I'm taking my two fish tanks with me one is a 20 gallon long and the other is a 15 gallon. I'll be moving: live stock Tank 1 • pair of true ocellaris clowns •Mated pair of yellow watchmen gobies •coral banded shrimp Tank 2 •Pair of ocellaris clowns •yellow watchmen goby • algae blennie •hawk fish So my questions are: What is the best way to move them from Buda to Corpus? Are their any clubs in Corpus like their is in Austin? Best way to move plate corals that attached to live rock, and anemones? ( Just place them in a bucket with a closed lid is what I was thinking.) I'm sure I will come up with more soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Use a bucket with an air bubbler for the fish. You can get one at Walmart. You might try MAAST; I think a few members there are from Corpus. Alternatively, Google can help. Or just stay active here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 If you can set up tanks when you arrive in Corpus, I would salvage as much water as possible and transport in 5 gallon buckets. Also locate a source in Corpus for conditioned water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 +1 with 5 gallon buckets. You can but your rock/corals in seperate buckets so nothing gets crushed or damaged by having something stacked on it. Pickle buckets will work fine inspite of the smell they have and are ceap or free from BBQ places. Frositing buckets from bakeries are another possibility. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thanks Rob I'll look into MAAST, and see if I can pine the air bubblers. Subsea I plan on taring down my tanks and than setting them back up the same day if possible. Timfish that's a good idea I never thought of look at the pickle jars from BBQ places. Thanks for all the in put. It's great. Now when I go down their I will have to find a place the has Conditioned water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+etannert Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 When we moved from DFW to ATX we bagged up all corals separately (rubbermaid containers work great and are super cheap at the Dollar Store), threw away all the sand, put live rock and fish in 5-gallon buckets (LR in one set of buckets, all fish in another bucket), and preserved as much water as possible in the buckets. We didn't feel a need to use air pumps/airstones for the drive - leave room in the buckets for oxygen exchange at the waterline as there will be some sloshing as you drive, and that should be sufficient unless you plan to stop overnight. Once we got there, we unpacked corals and fish into a big Rubbermaid tub and added circulation via power heads to maintain oxygenation. (LR is fine overnight in buckets.) By the time we unpacked it all it was early morning (2 or 3 am) so the next day we got new sand, extra water, and set the tanks back up. We didn't lose anything, fish or coral. At the time we had a 20 and a Biocube 14 so it was very similar to the amount and type of stuff you're dealing with. I think it will be really hard to preserve hard corals attached to LR. Personally I would remove as much as possible to avoid it getting pulverized in the bucket. Many people prefer to rinse sand and reuse it but given how small your tanks are and how little sand you need, I wouldn't bother. The process of taking stuff out and moving the tank will kick up all the nastiness in your sand so you definitely have to either rinse or replace. You will need extra water on both ends (packing and setting back up). There are a couple of good LFSs (Gulf Coast Reef & Aquaculture, Aquarium Masters, one or two others I can't remember) in Corpus so you should be fine to get water down there. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 Thank you etannert I will have to look into the LFS tht you mentioned and see which one is the closest to the campus. I'll post some of the corals that I have that are on the live rock, all the live rock I have are really big pices of rock, so I don't think that they will move to much in the 5g buckets that I just got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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subsea Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Good luck on the move and school. I have been by the campus but never toured it. Just past the campus and out to the west next to the Corpus Municipal power plant is Texas A & M Maraculture Lab. I visited that lab and found the tour to be very interesting. It was at this lab that I meant my shrimp farmer scientist friend. If you are there during the fall/winter, I am interested in types of seaweed to wash up on the coast. I spoke with a collector of macroalgae below Tampa Bay and further down into the Florida Keys. I am primarily interested in Gracilaria Tikavihae. http://marineplantbook.com/marinebookgracilariatikva.htm This is invading Indian River Lagoon 200 miles north in Ft Pierce, Florida What is your major interest in going to college? Regards, Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 I'll be their for the next four years, I'm going to study marine biology and engenaring. I will Defently keep my eye out for Gracilaria Tikavihae for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 For water try Tropical fish Haven. I believe they are on Staples St. I grew up there and it's nothing like Austin. Good luck in school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Yea I've been their once in the past 2 months and mainly just to see what the people and places around town are like, it's interesting. Yea I'll look into Tropical fish Haven, I'll be working at the Petco their on Staples St. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Well I moved to corpus, finished up my first semester of classes! I now have running 30gallon half circle and my 15 gallon tall. The 15 gallon has corals and two black clowns The 30 gallon has two yellow prawn goby (pair), lawn mower blenny, and a pair of snowflakes. Both tanks have corals. I have also started up a reef club here in corpus called www.corpusreefclub.webs.com If any one would like to join and add some input and help gather a flowing on the site it would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esacjack Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Congrats on school and a successful move! Like Sifuentes, I grew up in CC. Nothing like Austin as he said. However they have a good live music scene there too. My brother is just getting his feet wet with aquariums. He works for oil spill control so he's constantly way out in the gulf. He's actually just recently sunk about 200lbs of dry rock about 30 miles out in the gulf. Looking forward to seeing what develops! Have you given any though to starting a native tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 That's cool making a man made reef. Not really making a native tank their is not a lot of small fish, other than pipefish and sea horses. But their are a lot of bigger fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggooden Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I used to Live down there it is Awesome not as many reef Store but they have three good one the best is aqurium masters him and his wife got me started in Saltwater and the other ones are good but not that good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 My favorite is GC Reef for corals, as for fish I like to shop around to see what people have and best price, most places get their fish from quality marine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggooden Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I forgot the name of that place but if it is in like a ware house area I agree when it comes to Coral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Yea that's GC reef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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