Move In Day

After looking at the chemistry and getting some second opinions on Reef Central, I decided today would be a good moving day for the occupants of the 50 gallon tank. And it would be easy to remember the date too :) Happy 4th of July.

So it took a few hours, and caused a lot of stress to me and the fish, but everything was moved over fairly quickly. The only thing not moved is the open brain coral because he just wont shrink down a bit and I have heard you shouldn't remove them from the water when they are full of water like that, could tear their fleshy parts up. Oh, and one more nassirus snail unaccounted for too, and Wilson the black crap. I'm betting he made it into the new tank, just haven't seen him yet.

It took the fish a while to feel safe enough to come out of hiding. At first it was just the firefish, but then he found the damsel and they started swimming together and the damsel seemed fine. Then they found the royal gramma and he came out of hiding and all three started exploring. It was fun to watch them get used to their new surroundings and explore.

I checked the chemistry again a few hours after the move and everything seems to be in spec. Hopefully it won't take long for the coraline algae to start growing on the new rock. Right now it looks pretty silly with some deep purple rock and some stark white rock right next to each other. All in good time.