That's always a good thing to know, about buckets. I used to have lots, and somehow they've disappeared. I like the dark green food buckets for fish and color coding. I've moved a 100-gallon fully planted with fish twice in two months. It will take at least one day to move your tank. Susan On Nov 4, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Christine Ranegger wrote: > > A note on the buckets, Home Depots are several $$, the Dicks Drive > In on 45th in Wallingford sells buckets (white, with lid) for around > $1. > > > > Christine > > > > > >> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:40:42 -0800 >> From: emmagatorone@gmail.com >> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com >> 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> 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 >>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Robert >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member