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RE: Moving a large saltwater tank
If it is a longish trip, and you have
some delicate inverts, I would consider going the route mentioned below.
Trash cans work really well as they are so tall, you can fill them half way and
avoid spilling. Again if it is a long move, I would try and borrow an
inverter and keep the tub with delicate stuff heated to the normal temp.
The live rock you can probably move in coolers, keeping them covered with a lot
of wet newspaper.
Bob
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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