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11/14/2007, 02:00 PM
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Moving a tank and livestock
We have a 90g tank with 135 lbs live rock, a few fish, some mushrooms and sponges, and tons of xzenias. We bought a new home so we need to move everything. Any suggestions or is there a thread on here or a site where we can find out the best way to accomplish the move smoothly?
Thanks!
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11/14/2007, 02:07 PM
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I just got done moving two of my tanks over the past month, I took all the rock that didn't have coral on it into buckets with some water, then put all my corals into styros, live sand all went into buckets as well, I put my fish in a bucket with one smaller sized rock, I kept the fish and corals in the car and all the other stuff went into the back of the truck, I did this in 50 degree weather and only a 30 min ride.
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11/15/2007, 02:35 AM
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i moved from kentucky, to west virginia, 3 1/2 hrs. i packed every thing just like you get it when you goto to LFS. i used plastic bags, rubberbands, boxes, wet newspaper, five gallon buckets, styro boxes (that i got free from LFS). i packed everthing seperately, saved all but 3 inches of the water, i left all the sand in the tank,packed it on the truck last, took it off the truck first, reset the tank up as soon as i got here, let the water and sand settle, restocked and all this cured a nasty red slime out break that i had been battling for a month. i moved in july by the way. i would think as long as your careful and thoughtful, you shouldnt have much problem.
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11/15/2007, 07:23 AM
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I agree, with both posts. Just make sure you will have some fresh saltwater made up since you wont be able to keep all of it, as well as sand. I would buy new sand, and save a buckets worth to seed the new sand. Power invertors will work wonders to run heaters and powerheads on the drive.
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11/15/2007, 01:12 PM
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how long is your move going to be?
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11/15/2007, 02:29 PM
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When I moved mine from SC to MD I put all live rock in brute trash cans, all corals were bagged one by one and the fish stayed u front in the truck with me in a rubber maid bin in one of the big gold fish bags that LFS get them in. Then every half a state I would let the bad air out and let good air in.
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