Reefs and college?

[matt.radich]

So I am going to UCCS this coming fall for my freshman year of college. It is about 2 hours from Longmont. I found out that have a 10 gal max, may just try to bring the 20Long and take my chances though. My question is while living in the dorms, would it be easier to just not have a reef going, because of Christmas break and spring break, it would require moving it.

I just want to know the kind of hassle it may cause me with moving

 

[FinsUp]

It's a 20 gallon- can't be *that* hard to move. You won't have it set up long enough to build up toxins in the sand, so if you bagged the corals and took 50% of the water out, you could drive carefully enough not to spill the rest. I'd say go for it! The important thing is that your roommate doesn't do something stupid and dump stuff in your tank when you aren't looking. I'd be more worried about that than I would about a little move.

 

[matt.radich]

Reefs and college?

Yeah that's a major facto as well, I am hoping I get the room I signed up for, which is a single in a suite. Because my roommate if I had to share a room probably wouldn't be to happy with all the sounds from the skimmer and fuge light on the AC70 haha. I am gonna see if I can sneak in the 20 otherwise it will be the 10 gallon. I was just more worried about stirring up toxins and potentially nuking my tank, or having huge parameter issues

 

[sethsolomon]

If you dont have any wrasses or digging shrimp, try going bare bottom tank.

 

[FinsUp]

If you don't want sand, but don't like the look of a barebottom tank, you could 'foam' the bottom, like I did on the back of my 180, and put sand on it to give you the look of a sandy bottom tank.

 

[aresgraphix]

If you don't want sand, but don't like the look of a barebottom tank, you could 'foam' the bottom, like I did on the back of my 180, and put sand on it to give you the look of a sandy bottom tank.

Do you have any pics of this? I've been thinking about doing something similar, but I'd like to see how it looks.

 

[FinsUp]

It's covered in my 180 build thread.

 

[Andrew_bram]

Reefs and college?

Also in greeneyedgirl build thread

 

[spinycheek]

I'd stick with corals that like dirtier water like ricordeas and mushrooms, other softies maybe. School tends to interfere with water changes and general maintenance. Bare bottom and limited rock will help make moving less risky too.