moving! Don't know what to do?

[steallife904]

how long do you plan on keeping stuff in it? short term I think would be ok. Long term maybe not.... could you put somekind of liner in it???? Not sure of what kind exactly but I wonder if there is some kind of liner you could put down in it like a pool liner?

 

[Sk8r]

Frankly, I'd look for another real estate agent with a better attitude. Personally, as a home-buyer, I remembered houses that showed evidence of happy people with pets of whatever sort, and the sterile places just were cold and uninviting.

 

[Cammunoz]

how long do you plan on keeping stuff in it? short term I think would be ok. Long term maybe not.... could you put somekind of liner in it???? Not sure of what kind exactly but I wonder if there is some kind of liner you could put down in it like a pool liner?

I already thought about it a pond liner! Reef safe too


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[Zalick]

I already thought about it a pond liner! Reef safe too


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Instead of all this trouble, why not just get a used tank on craigslist?

 

[Cammunoz]

how long do you plan on keeping stuff in it? short term I think would be ok. Long term maybe not.... could you put somekind of liner in it???? Not sure of what kind exactly but I wonder if there is some kind of liner you could put down in it like a pool liner?

I was thinking a pond liner


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[flooddc]

I have that same stock tank (Little Giant 100 gallon) as a sump for the past 2 years without any issue. The reason I use it because of it's depth. If you think or suspect that it will have issue, why not just return it and get a Rubbermaid stock tank? Rubbermaid stock tank cost a bit more, but at least it is proven to be reef safe. It's make better sense than trying to paint it or use pond liner over it.

 

[boboman]

It might, go ahead and try if you think it would work. good luck

 

[Cammunoz]

I have that same stock tank (Little Giant 100 gallon) as a sump for the past 2 years without any issue. The reason I use it because of it's depth. If you think or suspect that it will have issue, why not just return it and get a Rubbermaid stock tank? Rubbermaid stock tank cost a bit more, but at least it is proven to be reef safe. It's make better sense than trying to paint it or use pond liner over it.

Well I was going to but.......I lost the receipt[emoji36]


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[AndrewNC]

I agree with Brunzy. I've sold 2 houses and they've both had fish tanks in them. If a realtor told me to get the tank out I would honestly tell him/her to screw themselves. Great looking tank though [emoji106]


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[Orcus Varuna]

Oxidizers like bleach will help leech polyethylene (just wanted to correct that), your realtor is dumb lol and if you do have to move it I'd just use the stock tank. Whatever caused issues in those select tanks are more then likely very isolated (to one batch of tanks) as these are designed to hold and store food and water for live stock after all.


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[flooddc]

Well I was going to but.......I lost the receipt[emoji36]


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Store credit or exchange? If you paid by credit card, it should be on your statement.
As other mentioned, your realtor should have no problem selling your home with the tank in there. Unless you're moved out and the place is empty with just a fish tank, then it would be necessary to move the tank. Otherwise, no reason to move it since you're still living there. Too bad you not in my State, I know two realtor that treat you like their family member, they check out houses as if they were buying it for themselves.

Back to your topic, have you moved tank before? especially reef tank. It's a PITA. I know you are attached to your corals, but you can always buy them again once you set up a new one. Similar to you, I bought a new house and moved only 6 miles away. I am attached to some of my corals, but was able to let go 70% of them.I kept all my nems/fish and some colonies. I set up 2 NEW tanks (they were used, but new for me) and moved the rest over to the new tanks, then sold the old tanks. Yet, it was still a painfully process. It's not fun doing by yourself. If I were to do over, I would definitely sell all and start over in the new place. It's a lot more less stressful and you can take you time with the new build. Best of luck to you.

 

[Cammunoz]

Thanks for the input everyone [emoji1317] here's what I'm thinking

I just hope I can get the bulkhead to attach to an adapter for the aquarium hose


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[Spyderturbo007]

I'm with a few of the others in saying that I would fire the realtor. I'm not sure what type of excuse they could find to tell you have you have to move a reef tank to sell a house. I had mine sitting in the living room when we sold the house.

Good luck with your project though and I hope it sells fast so you can get things back up and running again.

 

[Orcus Varuna]

moving! Don't know what to do?

Thanks for the input everyone [emoji1317] here's what I'm thinking

I just hope I can get the bulkhead to attach to an adapter for the aquarium hose


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You can always remove that bulk head and rig something up that will work. But you should be able to find something that will work looks like your just using it as a drain. Just make sure the bulkhead doesn't have any metal. A lot of those commercial bulkheads do.


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[Cammunoz]

You can always remove that bulk head and rig something up that will work. But you should be able to find something that will work looks like your just using it as a drain. Just make sure the bulkhead doesn't have any metal. A lot of those commercial bulkheads do.


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Ya moving in progress between plumbing and moving stuff it's been a mission! But so far so good replaced bulkhead and siliconed I'll take pics soon


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[Orcus Varuna]

Ya moving in progress between plumbing and moving stuff it's been a mission! But so far so good replaced bulkhead and siliconed I'll take pics soon


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Awesome seem to be well on your way and I'm very interested if this works out well. As I posted earlier I move often (and usually by myself) and using one of these stock tanks instead of the 40 gallon glass tank is very appealing as they are light and not breakable!

 

[Cammunoz]

Awesome seem to be well on your way and I'm very interested if this works out well. As I posted earlier I move often (and usually by myself) and using one of these stock tanks instead of the 40 gallon glass tank is very appealing as they are light and not breakable!

Well after hours and hours for two days I finally finished plumbing got all my stuff transferred and ......the bulk head started leaking![emoji27]I thought I installed it right!? So in an emergency I ended up using the other stock tank so frustrated it's been a long two days. Well til tommorow! Oh also anyone ever use Uniseal ?


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[Orcus Varuna]

moving! Don't know what to do?

How did you install the bulkhead? did you put the washer on the inside of the tank tighten and then seal with silicon? And where is it leaking from the bulkhead itself or is it thread leak? If it's thread leak did you try some pfte tape on the nut?


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[Cammunoz]

How did you install the bulkhead? did you put the washer on the inside of the tank tighten and then seal with silicon? And where is it leaking from the bulkhead itself or is it thread leak? If it's thread leak did you try some pfte tape on the nut?


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Yea I put the rubber gasket on the inside and the nut on the outside and placed silicone around it. It's leaking from underneath the bulkhead



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[Cammunoz]

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