Moving my reef

[weldrick208658]

I have a 65g reef tank that I want to move just a couple feet to the corner of my room so I could fit a bigger desk how should I go about doing this ?

 

[Crabs McJones]

is it on carpet or hardwood/laminate flooring?

 

[weldrick208658]

is it on carpet or hardwood/laminate flooring?

I have cork flooring in my room

 

[Crabs McJones]

I have cork flooring in my room

does your stand have feet or does it sit flat on the floor?

 

[weldrick208658]

I have cork flooring in my room

does your stand have feet or does it sit flat on the floor?

It’s a waterbox stand, it has like 10 little feet

 

[Crabs McJones]

best bet, drain as much water as you can, get a friend or family member to help you slide it where it needs to go, and then re-fill. You can use buckets, or storage totes from the hardware store that is hdpe rated

 

[tzabor10]

It’s as hard as you think

 

[weldrick208658]

best bet, drain as much water as you can, get a friend or family member to help you slide it where it needs to go, and then re-fill. You can use buckets, or storage totes from the hardware store that is hdpe rated

I’m wondering now is it even worth moving the tank cause if something breaks or something dies

 

[Crabs McJones]

I’m wondering now is it even worth moving the tank cause if something breaks or something dies

If you can leave it, obviously that'd be the best choice

 

[get-salty]

Get yourself this furniture slider kit - i have and used it many times moving furniture and including my 80gal WB. The kit can be used on carpet and hard floors.

Drain water into big container and move rocks into it. Leave enough water for fish to be comfortable in.
Slide these puppies under them legs with the included lift tool. Then push from the bottom of the stand over to where you want.

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[Biokabe]

How much help do you have available to you?

If you can get 3-4 average men to help, it's relatively easy. If you're doing it all on your own, it'll be pretty aggravating.

First, no matter what - if you want to move a tank, even a couple of inches, you need to drain most of the water and remove all of the rocks, taking care not to disturb the sand bed if the tank has been running for more than a few weeks. Water exerts a tremendous amount of pressure on a container; if you put too much force on the tank, the added pressure from your water can easily cause a leak in a seam (or worse). Rocks can fall over and crack your glass. So no matter what you do, take it as a given that you will need to mostly drain your tank.

After that, get a furniture slider kit. You want one that will give you enough to put a slider underneath most (but not all) of the feet on your stand. There are some that come with a little lever to lift up whatever you're trying to slide. Resist the urge to use it. You can, but it puts a lot of force on one spot and can tilt your tank or damage the stand. Here's where having lots of help is useful - your helpers can brace the tank while someone slowly lifts the tank just enough to get the sliders underneath.

If you don't have a lot of help, you can get some air shims to help you out. Two should be sufficient, as you're not trying to support the whole weight of the tank on the shims - you're just lifting enough to get the sliders under. Put the air shim bags on either side of whatever foot you're working on, and slowly inflate them, one pump at a time, until there's just enough lift to put the slider underneath. Repeat for each corner.

Once you have the sliders under, slowly push the tank into position. Steady pressure, not jerking movements. You want to avoid the development of a standing wave in the tank as much as possible. The more you can drain your tank, the easier it is to move.

Again, having a lot of help here is useful. Two or more of you can work on steadily pushing the tank while others brace it and one person guides everyone else.

Once it's in place, just reverse the process to get it back down level. Air shim just enough to lift off the sliders, then slowly let them deflate.

Moving a tank is always a pain and always introduces the risk of some deaths. You shouldn't have any problems with a short move like that, but it's always a risk that you need to weigh against the benefit of moving the tank. I'm not saying you shouldn't move it, just be prepared for it to be a far more involved process than you think and to hate your life midway through it.

 

[weldrick208658]

How much help do you have available to you?

If you can get 3-4 average men to help, it's relatively easy. If you're doing it all on your own, it'll be pretty aggravating.

First, no matter what - if you want to move a tank, even a couple of inches, you need to drain most of the water and remove all of the rocks, taking care not to disturb the sand bed if the tank has been running for more than a few weeks. Water exerts a tremendous amount of pressure on a container; if you put too much force on the tank, the added pressure from your water can easily cause a leak in a seam (or worse). Rocks can fall over and crack your glass. So no matter what you do, take it as a given that you will need to mostly drain your tank.

After that, get a furniture slider kit. You want one that will give you enough to put a slider underneath most (but not all) of the feet on your stand. There are some that come with a little lever to lift up whatever you're trying to slide. Resist the urge to use it. You can, but it puts a lot of force on one spot and can tilt your tank or damage the stand. Here's where having lots of help is useful - your helpers can brace the tank while someone slowly lifts the tank just enough to get the sliders underneath.

If you don't have a lot of help, you can get some air shims to help you out. Two should be sufficient, as you're not trying to support the whole weight of the tank on the shims - you're just lifting enough to get the sliders under. Put the air shim bags on either side of whatever foot you're working on, and slowly inflate them, one pump at a time, until there's just enough lift to put the slider underneath. Repeat for each corner.

Once you have the sliders under, slowly push the tank into position. Steady pressure, not jerking movements. You want to avoid the development of a standing wave in the tank as much as possible. The more you can drain your tank, the easier it is to move.

Again, having a lot of help here is useful. Two or more of you can work on steadily pushing the tank while others brace it and one person guides everyone else.

Once it's in place, just reverse the process to get it back down level. Air shim just enough to lift off the sliders, then slowly let them deflate.

Moving a tank is always a pain and always introduces the risk of some deaths. You shouldn't have any problems with a short move like that, but it's always a risk that you need to weigh against the benefit of moving the tank. I'm not saying you shouldn't move it, just be prepared for it to be a far more involved process than you think and to hate your life midway through it.

Thanks so much

 

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