Huge Setback

rooter said:
after almost 2 weeks of having my tank set up on my secod floor i realized that the floor is sagging due to the weight. i realized this when my door to my room would no longer close without dragging on the frame. my tank is a 90g tank. now i have wasted 90g worth of salt. my solution to this problom is to switch my 90g salt with the 55g fw. my freshwater is located in the corner of my room(two outside walls).my ammonia cycle has already started and now its all a waste. i had lans to go and get 100lbs of liverock from my lfs tomorrow. plans change and now i am over three weeks behind my schedule by the time i move my fw into the place of where the 90g SW was. FW Q- i am moving my fish out of my tank to completely drain it. i have approx 16 or 17 cichlids 2.5-4.5" can i put them all into a ten gallon for a few hours if i put a bunch of PVC in it?

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Why is it going to be a waste? If you're just switching the locations of the tanks I don't see where anything would be going to waste.
 
:iagree: with Grins.. If you are just going to move the tank save the water as well..
 
As to wear to put your cichlids- ive moved a about 4 times with my cichlid tank, i picked up 4 16 gallon plastic bins from the Target for about 10$ each - you can fill em up and they are still light enough to move around, if you put the tops on them and keep them inside they hold their heat well and wont need anything but some cut up pvc to hide in for a good couple hours of tank moving.
If your really upset about wasting your salt water you can also drain the tank into those tubs, move the tank and then return the water to it
 
Can you get a builder in for a look? Maybe he could rig some re-enforcement for you somehow?
 
srossnz said:
Can you get a builder in for a look? Maybe he could rig some re-enforcement for you somehow?
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That was what I was thinking also, a way to shore it up from below.

But if that don't work, get a bunch of helium balloons :lipssealedsmilie:
 
well i have moved the tank and every thing is fineso far. i ended up keeping the argest three cichlids. i put the fish ina 15 gallon storage container for a couple hours while i took down and re-set-up my freshwater. the saltfrom my 90g had to be wasted because the tank will not be set up again until the wall behimnd it is painted. if i was to reinforce the floor that would mean tearing down the roof below. not a good idea. also my ammonia cyucle is now ruined but i have the SW filter running on my FW for now. as for the move itself no fish died. and while emptying and catching the fish from the 50 before moving it i came across a baby that is almost an inch long. he too has servived and is doing well.
 
Well sorry you had to dump all of that water and salt.. Hope all goes well.
 
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