moving!!!!

dfresh · Aug 1, 2006

i have a 55 gallon saltwater tank and i am movng at the end of this month. does anyone have some good tips for moving this thing. i have also heard that i am going to have to buy new sand. any feedback will be appreciated. i am kind of freaking out about this. thanks

parameters:
55g tall
4 inch sand bed
50 lbs of live rock
65 g corallife skimmer
2 blue striped mushroom
1 ricordea mushroom
1 yellow leather
bunch of zoos
1 xenia
2 firefish
1 yellow tang
1 powder blue
1 maroon clown
1 scooter blenny
1 pep shrimp

npain316 · Aug 1, 2006

it depends on how far you're moving....if its across state it is much different then if it 20 min accross town.

I recently moved my 20H accross town with only my dads help. How far are you moving???

ereefer · Aug 1, 2006

i've heard put an acrylic square over your sandbed and keep some water above that line and you DSB wont be disturbed.

lwikeyl · Aug 2, 2006

I have moved several times, both times I stirred up the sand bed and sucked out alot of the detrius and did not seem to have any spikes in parameters. I don't see why a new sand would be required. During transport, I just left the corals on the bottom of the tank or put the bigger ones in five gallon buckets with tank water. I did not bother with a pump or heater, I figured the movement of the car would be enough, and I kept the heat on a little bit . I did not have any losses...
The moves were from Michigan to Minnesota, about 700 miles.

dfresh · Aug 4, 2006

moving

im just moving about 30 min away. so if i drain some water and put some of the big rocks and coral in a seperate container it wont be too much weight for the tank if me and a friend move it.

npain316 · Aug 4, 2006

Thats exactly what I did. I drained out 80% of the water and moved the whole tank on its coffee table/stand (getto I know) to the new condo.

Best Luck,
Nick

Billybob2092 · Aug 4, 2006

I moved a 30 and a 90. I bought a couple of Rubbermaid 45 gallon containers. I put my live rock in there. I put corals and fish in 5 gallon buckets. I did nothing to the sand bed, just left a little bit of water in the tank. It was about a 10 minute move. I didn't lose anything and did nothing to my sand bed. I used about 70% of the old water.

dfresh · Aug 5, 2006

moving

so the tank wont crack if i pick it up with two people with that sand weight in there still?

Mystic Wanderer · Aug 5, 2006

Make sure not to twist the tank at all by lifting one corner out of sync with the others so that you don't cause a leak in a seam or a break. The tank can take some weight being left in it usually - such as substrate - though I would not leave any more weight in it than necessary. In that regard removing all live rock would be best. The experiences I have had with moving multiple tanks of both fresh and saltwater, over long and short distances have been about the same as those cited above. Just enough water left in the tank for minimal disturbance of the substrate and reuse as much of the old water as feasible.

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