Moving tanks

[Craigar]

As were looking like we will be buying a brand new house about 30 min away I'm stressing on moving my tanks. It's going to be a chore to say the least. So I have my 300 setup and my 92 now front setup to move I recently setup 3 qt tanks which are 40 gallons each. What I'm thinking is to move the big tank first put all the fish into two of the qt tanks all corals into the third. Pump all water into trash cans and all live rock into the cans also. Take the tank over to the new house and get it setup where it needs to go put the live rock and water in come back put the fish into 5 gallon buckets corals into totes. Take fish from my fowlr tank and put them into qt and take the 92 setup down and take it to the new house. Put corals and fish into the reef and then setup the fowlr tank and go back and get the fish and put them int the tank.

That's what I'm thinking of doing any suggestions on what I should do? I'm stressed about it. I'm going to have to break my montipora it's connected to like 4 huge rocks my chalice is the same way

 

[tlsrcs]

How deep is the sand in the tanks??

 

[Craigar]

The fowlr is 3-4" the reef is about 3"

 

[tlsrcs]

i moved my tank from aurora to longmont it has about 2-3in of sand more around the 2in mark. i left bout 2in of water in the bottom and saved almost all the water. now i did not cause much of a cycle when doing this but i also did not have very sensitive live stock so i was not to worried about it. I would just be care full about a deeper sand bed and disturbing it as it can cause a mini cycle as well as die off from the rock. When i moved my 55g with the sand and the little water it was HEAVY!! so a 300 is going to be insane with sand alone in it.!

 

[Craigar]

Yeah Theres no getting around it the sand will end up having to come out. The tank alone is insanely heavy it's 1/2 glass

 

[tlsrcs]

yea sounds like you need to recrute some memebrs lol. HHmmm i dont know then maybe someone else can chime in my first thought would be there is going to be a cycle but in a 300g tank i dont know how big of spikes your going to see.....probably controllabe with skimming and water changes.

 

[Bajamike]

Ill help when and if the time comes

 

[Boogie]

Your plan is good. I would take the sand and rinse the heck out if it in some old saltwater before you out it back in after the move.

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[djkms]

Or you could hire professionals to do it

We have done quite a few tank moves. Give Will a call if this interests you. 303.956.2230

 

[Craigar]

Just for the detritus and all that gunk?

 

[djkms]

We typically do from complete breakdown to complete setup. However if there are parts of it you would rather do then thats fine also, its all up to you really. Give Will a call, he can go over details with you.

 

[Boogie]

All that gunk can be toxic.

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[Craigar]

I hate moving lol

 

[djkms]

How old are the sandbeds? We replace sand on almost every move unless the bed is very shallow and relatively new.

 

[Craigar]

There 3 years on the reef and the fowlr tank is a few months

 

[Craigar]

How do u get all the snails and stuff out of the old sand

 

[tlsrcs]

noodle strainer??

 

[kmcmurtry]

That's what I would be worried about if you don't clean the sand: all the little snails, crabs, etc, that you don't see, dying and and adding to the cycle when you set up again. BTW my husband knows when we move, it will be my excuse to sell all the livestock and start over. I don't really get attached to my fish and corals, but he does. I wish you luck with your move - that is going to be a chore

 

[jagermeister]

I would definitely either wash the sand or just get new sand for the new setup.

Also, it might be a good idea to have someone hold your more sensitive corals during the move, or at the very least frag everything and have someone hold the frags in case things go wrong.

 

[kmcmurtry]

I vote my tank. Indefinitely. However, it may be considered hospice care as I am a noob.