Upgrade marine tank

[Stokie]

I have a 55 gallon tank with a hang on bio filter. The tank has about a 2 inch sand bed with about 100 lbs of LR, 5 or 6 corals and about 10 fish (clowns, blenny, 1 Wrasse. 1 Hawk...). The tank has been running for about 1 year.

I have purchased a new Aqueon 90 gallon pre-drilled tank and am currently building a new stand for the new tank which will have a sump and small refug. I would like to put the new tank in the same place the existing tank is now, but I had thought it would be a good idea, to run the new tank setup next to the old one for a few weeks with new sand with a small amount of sand from the old tank. On "move day" I though I would partially replace the water in the new tank with the water from the old tank.

My question is - is there a safe way to move the new tank a few feet after the old tank is empty and moved away. I had thought of putting casters on the stand I am building but on second thought realized that it is not a good idea to move a filled tank as I can end up breaking the tank and have a catastrophic failure.

 

[thegrun]

If I drain about 15 gallons out of my 50 gallon tank it is not difficult to slide it along the floor.

 

[Stokie]

Its not the ability to actually move it - it whether the tank capable of being moved

Its not the ability to actually move it - it whether the tank capable of being moved

Even half full the tank will contain more than 500 lbs of water. It seems not unlikely to break the seams when moving it

 

[Stokie]

Its not the ability to actually move it - it whether the tank capable of being moved

Its not the ability to actually move it - it whether the tank capable of being moved

Even half full the tank will contain more than 500 lbs of water. It seems not unlikely to break the seams when moving it

 

[Jreed983]

As long as you moving it while it's on the stand and are pushing on the stand alone it should be fine. Just take your time and make small movements when your pushing.

 

[pinnatus]

I wouldn't do it. Get a couple of clean trashcans, take the water mostly out and move. Leave the livestock in the tank. Just get a bunch of that weight out.