Anyone interested in moving a large tank?

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Teeb, I have some 18 gallon RubberMaid roughneck tubs and a 100 gallon stock tank that you are welcome to borrow (use the stock tank as makeup water for when the tank arrives) . I've done these moves before and I would recommend that you bring back with you as much water as possible and have enough water ready to make up for what you can't bring back and ensure that the water parameters are the same (call him up and get his parameters). I would not use his sand since once its been disturbed you are likely to have a good ammonia spike down the road. Plan on using new sand and transport all the live rock in water (not newspaper) since it's going to be at least a few hours before you put everything back together. Order some extra bulkheads in the event that his have to be cut off and start EARLY because it will take a long time. Take a string PVC cutter and large 14+" pliers to avoid wasting time trying to take off bulkheads. Take a good size pump and a long hose so that you can run the water straight into some drums in the back of a truck or trailer (don't forget how heavy water is and overload the truck or trailer). I recommend you rent a Uhaul trailer. I rented a 6 X 12 enclosed trailer for $30 bucks, but make sure to reserve ahead of time since they don't have many of the 6 X 12's around and take plenty of tie downs. When I did a 265 tank takedown I packed all the livestock up first and had the girls take everything home and put it in a stock tank with heaters and koralia's to avoid having the livestock sitting there for hours while the guys moved all the hardware.