Moving out of house and my reef tank...

[jmichaelh7]

I’m selling my house and buying a new house. My tank is mixed reef. How can I successfully transfer my aquarium

 

[fishguy242]

hi,1st ,how big,how far,pics would help plan a full day no matter

 

[92Miata]

Also, how much time do you have between when you can get in the new house, and need to be out of the old one?

 

[Robertellis30]

Moving is always I headache. I’ve been lucky to have a great relationship with my lfs that house my livestock for a week or so. If it wasn’t for that I would sell it all off and start over.

 

[stewie]

I’ve moved my large systems 3 times. To different states. Often times I would post my fish and coral on different platforms. If the fish don’t sell I would give them to a lfs and ask for store credit. The equipment, rocks, and sand would be packed in different totes and it would be like I’m starting fresh each time. Just rinse the sand off really well.

 

[jmichaelh7]

10 min drive to a new home.

The process not sure, just approved today and ready to place offer. Not sure on the time frame, assume it would be all in a day or two.

Mixed reef tank, with sps, lps anemones etc.

I definitely wont sell my fish, they are my pets

 

[vetteguy53081]

-Place coral submersed in tubs
-Place fish in buckets with tank water
-You did not mention what size tank but assuming its 125g or less, take water from tank and salvage and remove down to the last two inches to keep sand wet and bacteria alive and try to set tank back up within 6-10 hours. Will be like doing a major water change.
Ive done this twice with success. One was moving my entire Pet store across town to a larger location

 

[jmichaelh7]

Its a 425xl ... so 88 gal

Leave the sand with 2" of water submerged ?

Salvage the water so , place the water in containers to dump back in? What's the rationale for this... to keep the consistent water chemistry ?

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

Its a 425xl ... so 88 gal

Leave the sand with 2" of water submerged ?

Salvage the water so , place the water in containers to dump back in? What's the rationale for this... to keep the consistent water chemistry ?

Beneficial bacteria in sand = needs water?
Are you planning on dumping fish back into tank once moved in? Then existing water may help instead of having to mix saltwater when you get there and having to cycle?

 

[jmichaelh7]

I guess the issue would be, i wouldn't need to cycle the tank again if i do what is mentioned above?

The beneficial bacteria would presumed to be , reserved and alive.

 

[fishguy242]

mix around the sand in last two inches of water like a rinse pour out,poss do again w a couple gals of tank water,but take out 1st 2 buckets of clean water ,set aside for fish when you catch them

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

Sorry I’m just assuming based on past freshwater moves. I’d be on here to asking for help too! (I’m new)

 

[NY_Sea]

Use as much as your current as water as possible. I used 15 of the 5 gallon poland spring water bottles. Then I bagged all fish and coral. Placed all rock In a tub with water. Dropped in a heater and floated bags. Then proceeded to drive everything 2 hours away and set up tank at new place. i used a power inverter so I could run the heater in the tub on the car drive. topped off with another 20 gallons of new saltwater and all worked out great. I run barebottom so I didn’t worry about sand but if I did I would just place it in 5 gallon buckets and keep wet
lots of work but I had no losses

good luck

 

[Dmeu]

There is a whole thread on here created in large part by people who move tanks as part of their business. It's just one of many methods on how to move tank/deep clean tank. Might be worth a read.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-official-sand-rinse-thread-aka-one-against-many.230281/

 

[Speaker]

This video might help if your bored.