Moving a tank

incept · Oct 7, 2016

Soo, I sold my house and need to move. In the next three weeks. The plan is to build so in the meantime I have moved a mobile home out to my land to live in it until the house build is complete. My question is this, I need to move my 90 gallon tank set up to the trailer, then to the house once complete. Any tips, ideas or suggestions to make the move as simple and seemless as possible? I've never moved a living tank before so I am all ears to ideas. Thanks!!

Duke4Life · Oct 7, 2016

incept said:
Soo, I sold my house and need to move. In the next three weeks. The plan is to build so in the meantime I have moved a mobile home out to my land to live in it until the house build is complete. My question is this, I need to move my 90 gallon tank set up to the trailer, then to the house once complete. Any tips, ideas or suggestions to make the move as simple and seemless as possible? I've never moved a living tank before so I am all ears to ideas. Thanks!!

Just moved 650 miles. 5 gallon buckets with battery operated air pumps and coolers for rock. Ditch your old sand.

tomtom2245 · Oct 7, 2016

Agreed, get rid of most if not all of the sand. I usually kept a cup or two to help better seed the new sand. Keep as much of the water as possible. I used to stick up on the 5gal Home Depot buckets and store rock and water in those. The more helping hands the better as that will save your back from lifting all that weight. Dedicate a whole day just for the move as it will take way longer than you expect. Also, mix up some fresh saltwater beforehand that way it's ready to go. And lastly, I always dosed some Prime after setting back up.