Moving livestock to redo floors

[egriesner]

So I'm getting my.floors redone and I have a 34 gallon tank with livestock and coral. I want be able to put the tank together for about a week. Any ideas on how to move and store my livestock for the week?

 

[marrone]

What type of setup do you have, a sump or just a tank? If possible you could drain some of the water out and move the tank to another room while you redo the floors.

 

[egriesner]

No sump. But is it safe to move like that?

 

[egriesner]

Does anyone offer storing my fish and coral service?

 

[marrone]

Just drain out as much water as you can, even remove some the corals and LR and place them in a rubbermaid contain with some water from the tank, and then reset the tank back up. Once the floors are done you can bring everything back. By doing this it will also let you re aquascape the tank.

 

[Aquadicted]

Does anyone offer storing my fish and coral service?

Boarding someone else's fish is extremely stressful and time consuming hence pretty expensive. I almost never do it unless it's an emergency and it's only available for longtime clients. It would be cheaper for you to set up another system to store the fish yourself.

 

[ourcoralreef]

No sump. But is it safe to move like that?

Yes anyone that has had tanks long enough would tell you that they would be fine just don't stress them too much and dont forget anything for example the heater and lights as others have said take water and some rock out and move it to another room until the floors are ready
I don't recommend the rubbermaid tubs for more than a day or two for fish when i used one it seemed to stress them out alot (not being able to see out i guess) with your size tank and no sump taking it down and temporarily setting it up in another room should take you about a day
Good luck let me know if you need anything

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

Just drain out as much water as you can, even remove some the corals and LR and place them in a rubbermaid contain with some water from the tank, and then reset the tank back up. Once the floors are done you can bring everything back. By doing this it will also let you re aquascape the tank.

+1 best practice do a nice wc while you're at it.

 

[Exotic Reef]

I had to do the same with my 75 .. But my setup is rather large then most and it was ok so for a small tank like yours you should not have a problem

 

[Silkyslim]

I had a tank leak i had my fish and rocks in brute cans for 2 weeks with no problem.