Well truth be told, I am taking the husband's advice and getting a second professional opinion on the expected longevity of my tank. So there's a new aquarium tech coming out to check it out and give his assessment on the severity of the bowing and crasing. If he also says that I should plan to replace it within a year, I will have DH's support to do it.
I'm thinking ahead about if I got a new tank and moved everything to like you did, could I expect a cycle. I think I might be having a mini-cycle in my new-ish cube, which I added sand to 6-8 weeks ago. Seems like a long time but I have stuff now growing on the sand which is either diatoms or cyano, I'm not sure which. It is reddish brown and was getting stringing on me before I syphoned it out this weekend.
Aside from the stress and work of a tank move, I'd be happy to re-aquascape because right now I'm all out of real estate and I don't have enough room between my rocks and my tank walls....
Thankyou again for the compliment, Gaby.
It was nice to meet you in person.
Looking forward to catching up with you too, Ben. I hope your coral collection isn't too dessimated. I want to come see your tank when the time is right for you.
