Help with moving this Tank

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My son just bought this tank, what is the best way to move, without stirring up too much bacteriea, ammonia and everything else. I tried talking him out of it.. Lol! so now i will have 2 tanks to take care of, bad thing is he lives 10 miles from me!! anyway, any suggestions to make the move with as little disturbance as poss. I will try to attach a pic of the setup. it has a 5" or so dsb. He will be looking for some light fixtures also. If any for sale shoot me a pm.. (48")
Thanks, Terry
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If it were me, I would take out the rock first and put into buckets. Don't shake the debris off the rocks as you remove them. Drain the tank water if it is good parameters into the buckets to cover the rock and into some empty buckets for the fish and to refill the tank. Put the live stock into one or two buckets. I run a small powerhead on ac converters in my vehicles but it isn't necessary if it won't take too long. If you have enough people, try to leave the DSB alone. It is only a 60 gallon tank so it will be heavy but one person on each corner should be able to move the tank. Try to keep the tank from sliding in the back of the vehicle during transport and the sand should stay pretty much in place since it is wet and fairly packed. Then just put everything back together when you get to the new place. Put at least 20% new water in the tank and everything should be fine.

Krash
 
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