? on Tank Move

[J_enix]

Does anyone know persons or people that do tank moves? I've got prices from the LFS and thought I would check if there where some locals that did it. I've moved my tank once before would love to avoid that again since it was just from one room to another. I've got all the live stock that I want and really don't want to lose anything, or maybe I'm just building it up in my head. If I did decide to do this myself what have some suggestion. So if anyone had done a tank move ie. across town. What did you do to make it a success or a disaster.

 

[Mylilreef]

i have moved my 55g across town. lots of 5 gallon buckets to move water with rock submerged. any bigger volume and they are too darn heavy. i kept my livestock in a couple of buckets w/ just water in them so no rocks would tumble on anyone.also if you have an air pump to throw in w/them helps keep them oxygenated. it took me approx. 6hours from tear down to being set back up and running, and i only had about 80lb of rock then and crushed coral on the bottom(because of this i did not remove it from the tank given the size of th55g and the air space between all that crushed coral. try and keep as much old water as you can and make sure you have enough to top it off if you don't move all the water. i moved mine in the dead of winter and don't recommend that. i'm sure a scorching hot day wouldn't be good either. i managed no casualties though.

 

[Lightsluvr]

Aquariums in Edmond moves tanks.

I have "moved" several, but it was just across a room (to the next larger one).

How large is your project?

LL

 

[J_enix]

Thanks MLR for input. My tank is 120g w 200 / 250lbs of rock I've got it our move planned out but will be adding the air pump to my list if there is anything else besides lots of buckets... Don't worry I'm not asking for help to move it just tring to weight the pro and cons...

 

[insomniac2k2]

I'm a complete novice to this stuff still, but i did just pull off a successful move (40 miles). I basically did the same thing on an 80g and 20g sump. I picked up a large 30 gallon square container from home depot for the LR. Filled the remaining space with water. My Eel and trigger were burrowed into some rocks, so they took the ride in a 5 gallon bucket with rocks. The rest transferred alone in 5 gallon buckets w/ "like" tempered fish. I left the sand in the tank with just enough water to cover. All in all, i had 2 30qt square containers, 1 large 30 gallon square container, and 8 buckets. I was able to transfer almost all of the water. Just needed a top-off when i got it all setup.

So far no casualties in 2 weeks. Just fighting a nitrate spike from the move and lack of water changes before the purchase (im assuming).

 

[pwhitby]

the only problem will be sand.

Sand traps detritus and when you move it the gunk gets stirred up and releases lots of potential pollution to the tank.
I would recommend having new sand ready to go.
Even more, I would recommend you cycle your new sand prior to the move.
Place it in a barrel with old tank water and get it circulating.
When you move throw out rthe old sand and replace with the new.

Your tank will do a whole lot better.

Paul.

 

[mikencarol]

When are you planning this tank move?????