Any suggestions or tips for moving??

Hypertek99 · May 23, 2009

I'll be moving my tank to DC next weekend. Any tips or suggestions you find helpful let me know. Thanks

143gadgets · May 24, 2009

Don't forget my Torch.

Murfman · May 24, 2009

What are you trying to move?

pwoller · May 24, 2009

Get a couple rubbermaids and fill them with tank water and corals and then move. Extra heaters, powerheads and you should be fine.

Reef Pets · May 24, 2009

Get rid of all the coral that you think you will want to replace. This way there couple be much less to move. If you have a deep sand bed I would recommend keeping it in the tank if possible and try not to disturb it. If you have to tank the sand out of the tank I would replace it with new sand but keep a little of your current sand to seed the new.

Hypertek99 · May 24, 2009

I'm not looking forward to the move

Murfman · May 24, 2009

Get and inverter and run a heater and power head inside a plastic ice chest. I'd get rid of any livestock and corals that you can easily replace. If you had a tank already set up at the DC end, it would make the move easier.

mfinn · May 24, 2009

When I made a 75 mile move I was able to find some old temporary tanks that I setup in the new house, had water in them and was up and running with sponge filters. So all I had to do was pack up the fish and corals in coolers and acclimate them to their temp home untill the main tank was moved and setup

chefmike · May 24, 2009

the hardest part about moving, for me anyway, wasn't the corals and fish so much as it was trying to move as much of the water from the existing location as possible...having a temporary setup at the new location would definitely help...aged water that is up to temp that you could acclimated the animals too and give you time to get the tank back up and running.

Shells · May 24, 2009

I recently made a move and it was only 10 miles. I did have a temperary tank at the new house which made it easy for the corals and fish. My problem was the sand. Once I moved the tank into the new house, the ammonia was so high from the existing sand that I still could not put my corals in for a while. I eventually had to drain the tank and rinse the sand (except a small protion to re-seed). In hind sight I would not of lugged all the sand and would have done as reefpets recommended above - only take a little bit of sand to re-seed.

mpoletti · May 24, 2009

Water, water and more water. Do not use any of the old sand. Your LR will be plenty to help you seed the new tank. Also, locate the nearest lfs in case you will need to make a run for anything.

Good luck