Quite a move. That's reassuring. I will be dedicating a day to tearing down, moving and setting up the tank at the new place. Bryan On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Richard Parke <sparke_ricardo@msn.com> wrote: > I once moved from NYC to New Haven, Ct., using the same technique. > Incidentally it was in the middle of winter--really cold. It was several days > before I could set up the tank in New Haven. Surprisingly, I didn't loose one > fish. > > Richard > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Jones<mailto:emmagatorone@gmail.com> > To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member > chat<mailto:gsas-member@thekrib.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] moving aquarium from Seattle to Lynnwood > > > Go to home depot and get a bunch of those orange buckets with lids. Fill > them a little ways with your aquarium water and put the plants in there. > Depending on what fish you have, you can put some of them in the buckets > with the plants. > > Your best way to go about it is to either move the tank first thing in the > move and get it set back up again(maybe not necessarily pretty right away as > that can take some time) or make it the very last thing you move. > > Everytime I've moved, that's what I've done. I'd just throw the fish and > plants in after the tank was filled back up. I'd re-arrange plants/etc > later on. > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Bryan Nielsen > <brynielsen@gmail.com<mailto:brynielsen@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > I am moving from Seattle to Lynnwood along with my 72 gallon plant > > tank. Any insights on how to make this move are greatly appreciated. > > This will be the first time I have moved an aquarium. > > > > Thanks, > > Bryan Nielsen > > _______________________________________________ > > GSAS-Member mailing list > > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com<mailto:GSAS-Member@thekrib.com> > > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member<http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member> > > > > > > -- > Robert > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com<mailto:GSAS-Member@thekrib.com> > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member<http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member> > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member