Building stand for current established tank

[Raysup88]

Ok so I’m really itching to start building my new stand basically need more room underneath more access blah blah blah. Has anyone got tips for moving there current set up out the way and placing the new stand in and getting the glass on the new stand. Moving 65gal tank isn’t light lol

 

[threebuoys]

get 2 thirty galllon plastic trash cans, empty the tank, get 4 strong backs, provide beer afterwards.

 

[Raysup88]

get 2 thirty galllon plastic trash cans, empty the tank, get 4 strong backs, provide beer afterwards.

I can do all of those things haha so just empty the tank completely?

 

[threebuoys]

Get the water out of it, you can probably leave the sand and rocks if you think the 4 backs are strong enough and you don't think the rocks will fall over inside and break the glass.

 

[malacoda]

This past July I moved my 65g from VA to NC. In half a day I removed rocks into 5 and 10g buckets, lowered the water level to about 5-6 inches to make it easier to net the fish, netted the fish and put them in the buckets with the rock, tuand used a $25 Bucket Head shop vac to remove the remaining water and my 4" sand bed. Loaded everthing into the SUV, drove down to NC that night, and put everything into a half-filled 100G livestock tub as a temp home for a 2 weeks while I got the tank set back up.

You could do the first half of that process to get your new stand in place...

Empty everything into buckets/tubs. Get a friend or two to lift the tank off the old stand, put the new stand in place, get the tank on it, hook all the plumbing and gear back up, then put the livestock back into the tank.

If you need a little extra time to 'breathe', pick up some cheap hydor heaters and some $10-$15 battery powered airstones and put them into the buckets/tubs to keep your livestock comfortable overnight until you can the the tank set back up.