Daphne's_Reef
Community Member
I have a 40 breeder. I've kinda decided I'd like to move it to another room in my house. It'd let me use the space in my bedroom a bit better, I won't need to be so paranoid that even with the lid my birds will find their way into it, and the spot I want to move it won't have it directly over the outlet any longer. My DIY stand has been holding up for a couple years now, but I'm still always a touch paranoid (ahhh, good old anxiety disorders 
Gotta love them!)
I'm 99% certain I can physically lift the tank, since I was just able to pick the one this one replaced up (also a 40 breeder, but a lot older, but it WAS on the ground, and not a couple feet off the ground). I don't have sand, so I was thinking to pull the rock, put some water with it, pull/discard 5 gallons for a water change (eh, have the pre-mixed salt, so why not?) with as much of the grunge from the bottom as I can suction out, then pull ALL the water into buckets, haul the stand and tank into the other room, and refill it. Is that a solid plan, or is there a better way to do it? What sort of time limit should I give myself? Like, if I haul everything apart and want to take a 15 minute break to drink some water, is that going to hurt anything, or since it's only moving 50 feet or so instead of across town, will it be a non-issue that everything was just drastically disturbed?
Gotta love them!) I'm 99% certain I can physically lift the tank, since I was just able to pick the one this one replaced up (also a 40 breeder, but a lot older, but it WAS on the ground, and not a couple feet off the ground). I don't have sand, so I was thinking to pull the rock, put some water with it, pull/discard 5 gallons for a water change (eh, have the pre-mixed salt, so why not?) with as much of the grunge from the bottom as I can suction out, then pull ALL the water into buckets, haul the stand and tank into the other room, and refill it. Is that a solid plan, or is there a better way to do it? What sort of time limit should I give myself? Like, if I haul everything apart and want to take a 15 minute break to drink some water, is that going to hurt anything, or since it's only moving 50 feet or so instead of across town, will it be a non-issue that everything was just drastically disturbed?
