reefer buddy
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I am moving across town and wanted to know what the best way to move my tank is, any input?
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Jewilson83
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How big is your tank? How many corals and fish? You'll need buckets. You'll have to save your water to prevent re-cycling of your tank. Make up the water and have it at your new place warm and ready to go. You'll need help/more bodies to move. Before we go into that. We need size and coral/fish load.
Jewilson83
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How big is your tank? How many corals and fish? You'll need buckets. You'll have to save your water to prevent re-cycling of your tank. Make up the water and have it at your new place warm and ready to go. You'll need help/more bodies to move. Before we go into that. We need size and coral/fish load.
reefer buddy
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It is a 90 with 8 fish and a handful of coral softies mushrooms a hammer nothing hard.
block head
New member
Kiddie pool, lots of towels. Bags or buckets. Bum some extra heaters or powerheads if possible. I like to have extra water on hand. More time than you'll think. Not a big deal , just think it out and relax
reefer buddy
New member
ok would it be ok to get rid of most or all of my sand at that time?
one thing that will really make life easy is setting up a small tank at your new place. you can make a trip and bring fish and coral and stick it in the tank. Then you have a lot more time to deal with emptying your tank and such. Also it is a hell of a lot easier to drain your entire tank and remove sand before moving it.
cardiffgiant
Active member
Are you setting up a basement sump, or moving as-is?
My advice/experiences:
-Be prepared for this to be an alllllll day event. Changing tanks and moving tanks has probably been a 20-24 straight hour experience for me in the past.
-Get a couple of brute garbage cans from home depot. 1 to mix water at the new place, and one to put your fish and corals into when you get them to the new house. You can hose them out and return them if you dont need them after the move.
-Try not to disrupt your old sand while you are draining the tank and then only save a cup or two from the top of the sand bed to seed sand in your new system. Toss your old sand and replace with new (otherwise you will have serious algae issues).
-Powerheads and heaters are important, as you'll want to get your livestock out of sealed buckets and into stable/aerated water ASAP
-Rinsing your new sand will prevent a dust cloud
-I cut up old filter socks and rubber banded them to MJ1200's to quickly collect silt from the water column
My advice/experiences:
-Be prepared for this to be an alllllll day event. Changing tanks and moving tanks has probably been a 20-24 straight hour experience for me in the past.
-Get a couple of brute garbage cans from home depot. 1 to mix water at the new place, and one to put your fish and corals into when you get them to the new house. You can hose them out and return them if you dont need them after the move.
-Try not to disrupt your old sand while you are draining the tank and then only save a cup or two from the top of the sand bed to seed sand in your new system. Toss your old sand and replace with new (otherwise you will have serious algae issues).
-Powerheads and heaters are important, as you'll want to get your livestock out of sealed buckets and into stable/aerated water ASAP
-Rinsing your new sand will prevent a dust cloud
-I cut up old filter socks and rubber banded them to MJ1200's to quickly collect silt from the water column
Ellery
Member
I moved a 90 gallon reef just 20 miles and I even had a trailer to do it in 1 trip.
I wouldn't save the sand since it's probably so full of detritus you'll end up with super high nitrates if you throw it right in.
It took me from 8am Sat to 3:30am Sunday to get everything settled and I even had a brand new 125 already filled and cycling for 2 weeks prior.
If you can break it up into separate trips that would be better.
I wouldn't save the sand since it's probably so full of detritus you'll end up with super high nitrates if you throw it right in.
It took me from 8am Sat to 3:30am Sunday to get everything settled and I even had a brand new 125 already filled and cycling for 2 weeks prior.
If you can break it up into separate trips that would be better.
reepher315
Humble Student
+1 on ditching the sand. I made that mistake upgrading to my 90g. Had to do a 90% water change and have my tank residents held at the local fish shop till all was cool.
reefer buddy
New member
Thanks all not looking forward to it.
mr.maroonsalty
New member
I thought it best having tanks and tubs, power heads, heaters that could hold my livestock for a few days. I put my livestock into spare tanks with mostly used tank water, rocks without corals held in tubs. This was done before help came. When I moved the tank I didn't have the stress of needing to put it all back together ASAP.
