Medicdude

Judging by the useless banter that this thread produced, if ownership ever did change I'd probably avoid the site altogether. I don't think the Evolution of the site would be beneficial to Alberta Aquatica!

As a minimum sump should be at least 1/3 the size of the main tank.

Careful what you offer.......

Ok, it's official, I truly do hate you, lol, gorgeous tank that should be in my basement. Very nice!!

If you manage to find a moving company to do it you can expect to pay in the neighborhood of $1000 give or take. I sold a similar sized tank a few years ago and that was the price the buyer paid for a 3 man crew. That price was also uninsured meaning if it breaks, to bad. If they wanted insurance it was another $800 or so.

I have to say that I find this quite upsetting as I put a lot of time and money into building up the store. I also find it hard to believe that someone would throw away that much money in such a short period of time. Between what it sold for, the expense of purchasing, staffing and other factors it was a considerable sum. Maybe I should have kept it......

Here since March '05, member 309

Never heard this before. Do you mind explaining why? Prime works by binding to the ammonia and rendering it harmless to your aquarium inhabitants. While the Prime is bound to your ammonia, it allows the biological filter in your tank to easily digest the ammonia. Because of this, Prime is a great product to use while cycling because it will promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in your tank. Since Prime is known as a "reducing agent," overdosing will lead to binding of oxygen, reducing the amount of useable oxygen in the tank. You should not use more than 5x the recommended dosage every 48 hours. This dosage should be sufficient to alleviate ammonia and will be safe for your tank.

I agree 100% with Henry. I used Stability and / or Microbe Lift Special Blend to power cycle all my tanks when I relocated my store and also when I expanded and with little or no losses. I would also be cautious with overdosing Prime as you risk depleting the oxygen supply in a tank without sufficient biological filtration (and yes I know it's recommended to overdose in emergency situations).

All I can say is WOW and what a shame!!!! For anyone serious about this I would be happy to provide feedback or answer any questions via PM only, not on the open forum.

When you have a tank with a sump the water drains from the tank to the sump to be filtered and is then pumped back to the tank (similar to a canister filter only the canister is a closed system and the sump is open). When the power shuts off gravity takes over and water is siphoned out through the return line. If your return line is only submerged 2 inches, then that's how much water can potentially siphon out. If it's 6 inches then that's how much and so on. If it's a large tank, that's alot of water. If you don't have a check valve in place and / or a super large sump, you risk the sump overflowing and causing a flood. Hope that helps.

I had a power outage and the check valves failed on both of my 270 gallon aquariums which caused a major flood in my basement. My insurance company covered all of the flood damage no questions (I deal with ING)

I agree Derek, morals and ethics come into play when making these decisions. As I said in my earlier post $60 - $75 per hour is reasonable and there are plenty of people making a living doing Aquarium Maintenance. In fact some stores started out doing maintenance only.