Moving to a new home question.

[Flyride95]

Hello everyone. My wife and I are currently in the market to buy a house. Needless to say I was wondering how you guys here would move your aquarium?
The way I plan to do it right now is bags all the fish and coral then put the live rock and sand in buckets then run over to the new house and quickly set it back up. Which in the end realistically would take about say 10 hours.
Or I can do a different approach and get the 90-120 gal that I really want to upgrade to and set that up and get it running at the new home first then just bag and release into the new home.
I know this may sound stupid but how would you guys pull this off?

[fuzzybob4]

I moved from Austin to corpus and I placed all my corals and fish in buckets and moved them I only lost two small montipora caps. And saved as much of the old water as possible, so I did not have to wait for the tanks to cycle.
If your able to set up the new tank before moving than that would be even better, but if not possible, save water and transport the fish and corals in buckets.

[Flyride95]

Oh yea I would need to bring my current water too. Ty. This is going to be a site I know it lol.

[jcnkt_ellis]

This may not be needed, but make sure you put anything with water in a container with no holes and a water tight lid....I learned this lesson the hardway. "No baby, it won't spill while driving, I only have enough water back there to cover the stuff..."

[Flyride95]

Lmao. Will do.

[allan]

Dude, get the 210-225 gallon tank that you've always wanted ;) set that up with new sand, use your old rock (move it quickly and in water to preserve the life in it, and then move your stuff over.

You will probably still have something of a cycle, but I've done that about four times... Across the distance of a room, but still...

When I set up my current tank I used semi new sand (old sand rinsed very thoroughly) and put it into operation, the return pump just moved water from one end to the other. I ran it for a few weeks to get that system acclimated while I was waiting for the DT.

If you have that kind of timeline, then you would be good. If not, I'd definitely upgrade and try to set the new tank up with as much of the old equipment (skimmer, reactors, live rock) as possible before moving livestock.

Also, unless you have a very small tank, ten hours probably isn't realistic. It took me days to move stuff across the room. I think I have always underestimated how much time it actually takes to set up my systems.

I helped move Todd's tank a few years ago, took quite a few hours, but he had it ready to move by the time I got there.



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[Scutterborn]

^^ what he said!


- Ben -

[Flyride95]

Yea it is starting to look like a two day deal here. And I so do not want a 210gallon lol. I know in 12 months I prolly will but I actually like the 4ft wide 110gal. I don't know why but I'm not really into 5 or 6ft tanks.

[allan]

Man, one of my all time favorite tanks was a 190 that had a four foot front.... of course it had a three foot depth and about 30" of height. Awesome tank.

You really want to see a beast, take a gander at Kevin's tank. Eight feet across with a three foot depth. I'm waiting for him to call me to take it out of his house. :)

[Flyride95]

That is what I want. Not really how wide but deep. I love Big_Pun's aquarium. So I'm just keeping my eye out for the next month or two. I'm sure one will wash up.

[jcnkt_ellis]

I know what you mean, my 150 is 48x24x30 and when I upgrade again (still want to go bigger :bigsmile:) I want to keep the 24 inch width and 30 inch height.

[RayAllen]

Move the tank 1st or last by itself without all your other belongings. This way it is all you are focusing on at the time and you get as right as possible. If you plan on placing the rock back as you have it now, take lots of pics. It will be a pain in the arss, but worth it especially if you have corals that have incrusted them selves on various rock.

Oh and take it slow and be prepared with various pumps, extra water for water changes etc. Helping hands are always a + when moving a tank.

[Jeff]

Pre make enough water to fill the tank a couple days in advance and on location of where the new tank is to be set up. put the fish and corals into buckets for transport, move it as fast as possible. try to get a 100gl tub ready incase something goes wrong to put the fish and corals in untill the tank is ready, you don't need lights if only for a few days. Put some algea covered rocks with the fish for a few days untill they are aclimated to the new set up if you have herbavores. The grazing and live algea helps releive the stress in some fish.