上个月，我们开始了我们最雄心勃勃的水族馆项目，迄今为止，搬家了一个七岁的90加仑水族馆！现在，三周后，珊瑚礁很高兴，并进入了新地点。
当我们第一次发现这个已建立的珊瑚礁坦克时，甜美的泡沫珊瑚，霓虹灯尾和大型外星绿色迪斯科瘤蘑菇偷走了我们的心。我们知道这是我们最大的礁石坦克的开始。
知道他们被收养到一个爱心的家中，真是太好了。当然，作为珊瑚礁建造者，我们无法抗拒将这个看起来漂亮的盐水水族馆升级到现代礁石坦克的机会。
坦克移动
A few days after making a deposit reality set in, moving day was fast approaching. The task started to feel a little daunting, so we turned to ourGirls With Reef Tanks小组要求一些建议。
最大的障碍之一是旅行的长度，包括两次1：40h渡轮。我们计算出8-10小时左右的牲畜将在运输中，并开始进行相应的计划。
由于这是一个如此既定的礁石，我们关于此举的最大问题是要维持岩石上的生物界。坦克充满了活岩，还有一张深沙床。
绝大多数情况下，我们建议我们抛弃沙子，不要试图将其洗净或重复使用它，只是为自己节省了麻烦并得到新的沙子。If the tank is still new, not too big and the move isn’t too far you could leave some water in the tank covering the old sand and reuse it, but for this tank, and most tank moves, the old sand is a ticking time bomb.
其他一些关键的移动建议是将鱼留在一个带电池供电的气泡器的单独桶中，并在家中手上有大量的盐水。所有的活岩都将存放在单独的垃圾箱中，并用水覆盖，或者至少尝试用湿毛巾覆盖裸露的岩石。
对于更精致的珊瑚，我们在当地的鱼类店里拿起鱼袋，并在里面装有一些手动泡沫聚苯乙烯盒，以保持稳定的温度。幸运的是，我们不必担心过热，但是，如果您在温暖的气候中移动，请降低温度也是一个考虑因素。
Once we had everything loaded into the car and made the 6hr journey back home all we had to do now was reasemble the tank. This included washing 90lbs of sand in small batches, mixing up new saltwater and trying to guess at the best way of stacking the mountain of rocks waiting in our livingroom.
We added the sand and filled the tank about 1/3 of the way and started stacking rocks, we continued adding rocks and water to keep up with the growing aquascape. At this point, the water was fairly cloudy and our energy level was crashing, we added the remaining rocks and made sure the temperature was up around 78F or 25.5C before adding the fish and called it a night.
齿轮Set Up
谁说您不能用罐过滤器保留礁石坦克，只需将它们直接指向这篇文章！我们并不是说这是最好的主意，但是，这显然是可能的。
这个既定的礁石坦克已经使用了一个简单的API FILSTAR罐过滤器，并且在后排撇渣器上挂着Deltec MCE600。只有一个罐过滤器确实可以使该坦克更容易移动，但是，肯定是屁股的痛苦很大。
We are looking forward to upgrading the life support systems of the tank and diving into this topic of nutrient export and filtration further down the road. But this tank can serve as an example, don’t let simple equipment discourage you from starting a saltwater aquarium!
然而一些挫折的齿轮是noise.
撇渣器泵的嗡嗡声远不止是引人注目的，尽管我们开始习惯它，但我们将非常乐意使用新的污水池，泵和撇渣器组合来使嗡嗡声保持沉默。我们能够容忍不断嗡嗡声的唯一原因是知道我们将很快升级到更现代的安静设备。
Aside from the happy corals, another selling point for me was the two Aqua Illumination Hydra 52 LED lights that came with the tank. These classic aquarium lights have proven their worth over time as they were installed four years ago and still going strong. Also having the ability to control the light spectrum and intensity even with the retro controller was essential for acclimating the corals after the moving day stress.
There were no dosing pumps, or automatic tops of, no fancy probes or test kits, only basic aquarium equipment, and a simple once a week water change routine. The tank did include some magnesium and calcium supplements as well as some salifer test kits, but looking at the health of the corals, we have to think the lights must have played a key part in maintaining the healthy corals.
家畜
We’ve been holding off writing this article as we really wanted to give the corals and fish time to settle in. Unfortunaly we did lose one big Montipora, as well as a smaller colonie of the same species.
After the second day, we started noticing tissue receding quickly from the stems of the Caulastrea candy canes and thought it was only a matter or days if not hours until they were gone. Luckily the tissue loss stopped and the polyp tentacles started emerging at night. And, while the white stems don’t look the greatest they seem to be hanging in there just fine getting puffier every day.
该坦克还配备了帆犬布伦尼，一个三条纹的水坝，皇家格拉玛和两只清洁的虾。我们非常担心鱼，但最终只失去了皇家格拉玛和一只虾。
Just this weekend we added some new fishy friends a sand sifter goby, a filefish, a yellow clown goby, and some Durban dancer shrimp.
What’s Next
该坦克的目标是记录使用现代礁石水族馆设备升级储罐，使噪音沉默的过程，并看到我们可以在多大程度上增加一些新的SPS珊瑚。我们期待记录我们迄今为止最大项目的礁石建造者的过程！
