I'm moving, need ideas

[stdreb27]

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So I have to move, I have a 180 gallon with a diy sump/fuge that is 2 45 gallon tanks. I several fish, the largest being a 6 inch Dogface. I have an empty corner tank to work with, a 30 gallon full of community fresh water fish. A 20 gallon tank with a convict ciclid. And 2 empty 10 gallon tanks. I might be able to borrow a 55 gallon tank too.

What I'm planning to do is to take the two ten gallon tanks and put all the fresh water fish in there minus the ciclid in the new place. Then taking the 30 gallon, the 45 gallon corner tank and the sump/fuge. And set them up in the new place with some lr and make them "qt" tanks. Then I'm going to bag the fish, I'm going to put the dog face in a bucket. He is a bit to big to bag I think. And put them in the qt tanks. Then I'm going to put the lr in buckets I hope I have enough. And the bag the argonite. Then I'll set up the tank in the new place. It will probably take about a day and half to fill up the tank with ro water, so hopefully I won't have any die off in the rock while it waits.
So what are your thoughts? Anyone have any good suggestions.

[Ranzan]

pull a duece bigalo put a power head or an an air stone or soemthing in the buckets with the live rock(assuming you have water in them which would prob be a good idea) to protect from die off a bit but other than that it sand good go to a hardwere store and ask for some empty drywall mud buckets they work great other than that sounds good have fun movin!

[LisaD]

If you need more volume, you can also get some food grade large Sterilite or Rubber Maid square containers, they aren't very expensive and they are useful for other stuff. I used some of the really big one when I moved a large tank a few years ago. I drove a 210 and all its rock, corals and fish about 800 miles with pretty good success. Definitely aerate all you can, and keep temperature as constant as possible. How far are you moving? Across town or across country? No matter the distance, moving fish tanks is a major PITA, you have my sympathy.

[jimdogg187]

I moved my tank last summer. The best way to do it, (if you still plan on using your old tank) is to do this:

Get a large stock tank and fill it with your water, rock, livestock etc., and place some powerheads in there for circulation and a heater.

Break down the tanks, move them, set them back up and get them ready for your livestock.

Get a smaller tank or holding device and make a few (or as many as you're willing) trips with the water from the stocktank. Also move small amounts or LR with each trip. Keeping as much of the old water as you can is key to success.

Then move the livestock with the remaining rock and water.

I have done this twice, and have lost no fish.

You'll need a set or two of moving wheels. That will make everything much easier to move, Especially the water.

Obviously, you want to do this in a timely manner. getting a friend or two to help will take some stress out of it for you as well.

Jim

[stdreb27]

I thought about doing that, but I only have 2 overlapping days, yeah, it is going to be 48 hours of stress. so I've got to set up the tanks over there.

[Dischirm]

When I moved my 100 gallon last summer, I put all live rock into large rubbermaid containers with water covering the rocks, put sand into buckets, fish into (seperate) buckets, and had a couple big rubbermaid trash cans ready at new home with ro water made, salted and aerated. I also brought a few buckets of water with me to put back into tank along with the rock water and fish water. It wasn't fun, but it could have been worse. Of course, I was only moving across town and I hadd access to new house a few days before I needed to move the tank to make my water.