Re: Moving a large saltwater tank

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

Ditto....

....I only have freshwater as well, and little fish.  BUt when we moved
the 75 gallon, we put the fish and plants in several 5 gallon buckets, and
used some big rubbermaid tubs.  We had a couple hundred pounds of gravel
in that tank as well and had to remove either 1/2-3/4 before we moved the
tank...so the bottom wouldn't drop out (Erik would know for sure).  Save
1/2 the old water if you can (for salt water you may need to even save
more on that I am not sure...a local salt water store could tell you)

Good luck!  You can always write an article for the club newsletter
telling how it goes, so everyone else will know.  A 125....good fortune,
one day we will get one of those, until then it is all dreams.

Kathy


On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 KhaosInc@aol.com wrote:

>    I have a couple pointers that might come in handy... I have a 300 gal, and 
> a couple 125s that I moved about 8 months ago.  First of all a 125 is fairly 
> heavy <assuming its glass> but nothing 2 people couldn't carry.  
>      The second is how I moved all my fish and plants.  I have only 
> freshwater tanks but I assume this will work for saltwater just as easily and 
> have minimal stress on all livestock involved. Walmart, and most other large 
> stores of the like sell plastic multi use tubs with a locking lid in fairly 
> large sizes. I have several 90L and 50L tubs made by rubbermaid I picked up 
> for no more than $6-$7 a piece. I have also known people who have used CLEAN 
> 35 gal trash cans. I filled all the tubs with water from the tank, placing 
> the fish as separate as possible. I put a heater and bubbler in each and 
> secured the lid.  I then moved the tank to it's new location and brought over 
> the fish after it was set up.  This way I had a fairly decent percentage of 
> the water the fish were used to, and had a situation where I didn't have to 
> rush when setting up the tank.
> 
> Hope that's a little help.
> 
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