Moving a tank?

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My brother is moving out February 25th and im taking his room. I want to move my tank from my room to my new room when he moves out..its a 29 gallon biocube with stand. So im guessing i drain the water and put the fish in the drained water and move it then refill it??? im moving it about 25-30 feet.

Any suggestions would help.

Thank
 
Depending on the fish and the weight of the tank (29 gallons is pushing the upper boundary for this), you don't even have to take the fish out. Just lower the water down to a few inches and get a few strong friends to help you carry the tank (on its stand if viable) into the next room, then fill with new water. There's no need to keep the same tank water.
 
Iwouldn't move it with any water in it. You were right the first time--empty it then refill it iwth the same water. 29g of water makes a heck of a waterfall!
 
HannahJ said:
Depending on the fish and the weight of the tank (29 gallons is pushing the upper boundary for this), you don't even have to take the fish out. Just lower the water down to a few inches and get a few strong friends to help you carry the tank (on its stand if viable) into the next room, then fill with new water. There's no need to keep the same tank water.
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Are you crazy im putting the same water back in i just took all the time to cycle im not redoing it with new water!!!
 
You don't cycle the water, no benificial bacteria colonize in the water, they colonize in the sponge/bio media in your filter. If you are using the same filter, the one you cycled, then filling it with new water won't hurt a thing. When you cycle a tank, you're not cycling the water, you're cycleing the filter. Maybe a little 'basic aquarium setup and maintaince" research is in order..........just a thought!
 
tarquin375 said:
You don't cycle the water, no benificial bacteria colonize in the water, they colonize in the sponge/bio media in your filter. If you are using the same filter, the one you cycled, then filling it with new water won't hurt a thing. When you cycle a tank, you're not cycling the water, you're cycleing the filter. Maybe a little 'basic aquarium setup and maintaince" research is in order..........just a thought!
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oh...im a newbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbie
 
We moved our 100 gal.tank 15-20 ft away to another room. This was an established tank, and I drained almost all of the water. I left just enough water to cover them. This tank sits in a cabinet, and we put those little "slider" things under each leg of the cabinet and pushed it across the oak floor. We made it, with no casualitiles. After that, I stuck the python into the tank and filled it back up. No problem.
 
As long as there is viable bacteria in the filter (I.E. wet and above 50 degrees) you won't restart the cycle. There is very little if any bacteria in the water column, and probably only 10%-15% in the tank itself, the rest is in the filter.

Though, even after having said that, you may want to keep 50% of your water to avoid shocking your fish too much. Its stressful enough with the move, don't need to stress them more.
 
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