Moving tips?

[chasesng]

We've decided to move 75 gal reef tank to different room in house this Saturday. Its only about 30 ft but I anticipate lots of stress and yelling, watery mess, but hopefully no real destruction (to people, house or sea creatures).

I figure i'll transfer LR/coral, then fish, into buckets with as much water as possible. Hopefully reduce tank to sand and minimum water...the easier to remove from stand and move to temporary spot in new room.

Then empty sump and transport that, still in stand, to new room. Put tank back on stand. Then the tricky part of adding water back without creating too much sand disturbance. Let settle for few hours and then add LR followed by fish.

The do a 15 gal water change the next morning....in case the move stirred up too much gunk.

Any tips, pointers, etc from those who have tried this before would be appreciated.

 

[reefman]

have extra buckets,tubs n towels ready. prepare temp location for fish /corals for at least 2 days.
n rest up dude, u will need it.

 

[bad coffee]

why not make enough water for a 50% change now? You're going to need more water to make up for spills, cleanup, muck-in-the-bottom-of-the-bucket, so why not do a big change then? Plus, if you have a bucket of old water you know you're not going to use, you can really rinse off your live rock before it goes back into the tank.

and say woooosaba. There shouldn't be any yelling. Corals don't like that!

B

 

[Awibrandy]

Chase, it isn't as hard as you think as long as you have a couple of strong arms, and backs to help you out.
I use to do this on a regular bases.lol That was when I was younger though!lol
Seriously, empty the tank completely a 75g glass box is not lite. Don't add to the weight by leaving the wet substrate in it.
I would lay out plastik tarp with towels or sheets(to absorb water spillage) to protect floors if they are wood or carpet.
Get rubber maid bins or buckets w/power head or air pumps & heater for fish, and or corals. Buckets for the live rock, and substrate.
Make ro/di water in advance for at least 50% water change.
Save as much water from existing setup as possible.
Have new area, and path to it clear and ready.
Move stand & tank to new area, add substrate, live rock, saved water, premixed new water.
Test water to ascertain that it is equivalent to water in fish tub.
And finally add your live stock.
Sit back and enjoy.
Be prepared to spend minimum of 4 to 6 hours depending on amount of help.

No yelling allowed!!:biggrin: