Moving 10 Hours Away....HOW???

[downhillbiker]

I will be moving to North Idaho from West Oregon in about a year and would like help in figuring out how to do this.

I plan on packing everything in the Uhaul and doing the tank last.

I have lots of buckets for as much water as I can possibly take with me. I planned on getting a bunch of bags and bag up all of the corals and fish, and pack them into a bubble insulated and foam box. it will be summer, so heat packs will not be necessary.

I will throw all of my live rock in the buckets with the water, which should prevent them from having too much die off. The sand will be put in another bucket full of water.

I plan on this being a long process, I will take down the tank, drive for 10 hours, and then set it up right away. I imagine that handle time for the livestock will be in the realm of 20 hours.

Will this be ok? What are the chances that everything will survive? Any suggestions you have would greatly help, along with stories from those of you who have done similar things.

 

[Lordhelmet]

here is a good read from melev.

http://www.melevsreef.com/moving_a_tank.html

and he talked about it in his podcast.

http://www.reefcast.com/downloads25.php

episode 23.

good luck. plan on taking 12 to 24 hours to get it done.

no joke.

 

[Snowboarda42]

Dude theres no good biking in Idaho. Well except for silver mountain, but even thats just ok.

 

[downhillbiker]

oh i understand. i planned on 20 hours. it will be a long process and i will be awake for many hours. thanks for the link it was really good. i couldnt stand listening to all the bs in the podcast, but the article was great. thanks.

 

[downhillbiker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12366243#post12366243 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Snowboarda42
Dude theres no good biking in Idaho. Well except for silver mountain, but even thats just ok.

are you kidding me? i am moving to north idaho (sandpoint). besides the fact that it is an hour away from canada, they held the norba national downhill races at schweitzer mountain in 2005. this is a great mountain and since it is less than half hour away it is perfect. also gold's hill, baldy mountain, ect....i lived there for 19 years, i know that they have good biking there.