The Most Stressful Day (moving The Bastard)
Step 1: madly empty tank and inhabitants into buckets/tubs/spare tanks etc.
Step 2: make lots of mess
Step 3: Obtain van, pick up tank with help from wonderful prior owner. I'm skipping a whole lot of fun carrying the thing down flights of stairs.
Step 4: make more mess
Step 5: obtain friends with muscles. Ply with wine and cheese for helping with stressful lifting.
Step 6: madly scape and fill tank:
Step 7: Add in poor corals and fish at 2am and slowly bring the water back up to the right temperature. Sleep for 2 hour bursts due to anxiety over if things will live through the night.
Weeks later, finally plumb sump after not being able to put it off any longer. (Give up on cable control for now, one battle at a time):
Finally: Sit back, and hope for the best. Oh, and do lots of small water changes!
Step 2: make lots of mess
Step 3: Obtain van, pick up tank with help from wonderful prior owner. I'm skipping a whole lot of fun carrying the thing down flights of stairs.
Step 4: make more mess
Step 5: obtain friends with muscles. Ply with wine and cheese for helping with stressful lifting.
Step 6: madly scape and fill tank:
Step 7: Add in poor corals and fish at 2am and slowly bring the water back up to the right temperature. Sleep for 2 hour bursts due to anxiety over if things will live through the night.
Weeks later, finally plumb sump after not being able to put it off any longer. (Give up on cable control for now, one battle at a time):
Finally: Sit back, and hope for the best. Oh, and do lots of small water changes!