Moving tips

[Custom05Taco]

Ok so going to be moving in a month or two still looking for a place.
I'm trying to get everything ready prior to the move. Its only a 14 gal biocube so it should be relatively easy but I still have to move all my other stuff with it. I would like to do this with no loss of life.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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[xxxAngeloxxx]

Don't drop nothing and have a STRONG grip when moving the rocks and check or any snails or corals just in case they don't get crushed up.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

I have posted about this many times they should have made it a sticky. The easiest way is to have all new water ready at your new place at the right temperature so when you get there you don't need to screw around with anything. Bag all fish and corals. Have rocks in buckets fully submerged. If you're going to keep your existing sand bed you should definitely give it a thorough rinse before putting it back inside the tank or you will get a spike. After sand is rinsed (you can use new sand also as majority of your bacteria is in your rock). Whatever you decide after adding sand,rock and water let the tank settle and while it's settling float all your fish and corals to adjust them to the tanks temperature. After about 30-40 minutes open the bags up and add some new tank water to them to acclimate to new water quality and conditions. Do that twice more in 20 minute intervals then release into tank. DO NOT use the water from the bags,discard that right after you take out the animals. I guarantee you will not lose any livestock. I have done this many times.

Total water I would have on hand is about 30-35 gallons to be safe between new water then having to replace after acclimation and water to rinse the sand.

 

[Custom05Taco]

Thank you for your help. i agree it should be a sticky.

 

[LavaToad]

The way I did it with a 29 gallon cube, was that I went to home depot with my brother and got a bunch of buckets with lids to save all of the water and fish, and put the rocks in different buckets so that the fish wouldn't get crushed. I left the sand in the tank with a few inches of water and then we got in 2 cars and moved everything at once. Didn't lose anything, but just in case I disturbed anything too much I did a water change the next day. Triggerman's suggestion is good too, but with mine I didn't have to bother with any acclimating. His might actually be safer because if you disturb the sand it can cause some trouble.

 

[ixTCxi]

good advise

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

My method is 100%

 

[Custom05Taco]

Need to buy buckets with lip preferrably any ideas

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[thirty6]

Home depot or lowes have 5 gallon buckets, not sure i think $3. Each. Or close to that

 

[Custom05Taco]

Nice ill be going there during lunch today anyway. So that's perfect.