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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #139: Seat Belts For Your Corals


If you’ve ever had to move a lot of coral from one location to another, you know that bagging each coral individually can be really tedious. It is important to keep your coral from touching each other during transport, so if you are moving a lot of coral, here’s my safe and easy solution for you.

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  • Josh says:

    Sounds good! Also if you have a bunch if frags I bet you can get away with making a few shelves per bucket by gluing another short length of ovc to the egg crate on top

  • Josh says:

    *pvc

  • Jason says:

    Hi Mark. What brand of sump do you have? I like the way your filter socks are separated from the return pipe.

  • Jason…My Reef Creations makes the sump

  • tim says:

    These clips are awesome! Just received my Apex Jr. and trying to decide on a ethernet connection. Powerline or gaming adapter? What works best in your opinion? I am looking forward to meeting you at GCRS meet in southern Louisiana. I was told you will be guest speaker there at Coral Fever.

  • veronica rodriguez says:

    Mark, what if your corals are on big rocks?

  • tim says:

    Awesome tips! Hope to see you at GCRS meet at Coral Fever in Southern Louisiana. Do you recommend a power line or gaming adapter connection for my Apex? Which works better. I’m about 40 ft. from router in another part of house.

  • Matt says:

    Nice… real nice… I was just wondering about how to go about collecting a big bunch of varied coral off a fellow reefer without going nuts with bags and boxes… only down the road so a blanket for insulation (it is the UK after all 😉 ) and we should be good to go … this is where I realise I’m fresh out of egg crate!

    Thanks Mark … this is a cracking tip and I intend to make full use of it!

  • Spike says:

    What are those rocks after the filter sock for. Do the become a nitrate sump

  • Benjamin says:

    Great tip! Also for larger colonies the five gallon buckets work great for transporting. Everyone has empty (salt) buckets and crate hiding around and if not, a short trip to the store can situate that.

  • Robert says:

    This is by far the best moving advice I have ever heard. My job often has me move from place to place so it is really good to have this grand tidbit of information. Thanks

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