Moving day!

wataugachicken

wataugachicken

The Dancing Banana
Jul 14, 2005
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Charlotte, NC
Well, today is moving day. after the furniture, i'm moving my 50g first, then my other tanks. it's 10 minutes down the road, and i have my 5gal for sand, plastic bags for driftwood, and 2 rubbermaid containers for the fish. the sump is all packed into its own rubbermaid container anyway, and i'm throwing the powerheads and thermometer in there for the ride.
i'm nervous about the time frame, since i'll have to take everything out, undo the plumbing and take the tank off the stand, then re-level the tank after i move it. i have tough fish, but i'm worried anyway. thankfully i'm moving to an apartment that is a converted garage - all concrete floors.
is there anything i might be missing?
wish me luck, and keep your fingers crossed.
 
sounds like you got it covered.....I dont envy you, good luck.
 
I'll be keeping fingers crossed for you! Let us know how it goes! :hang:

I don't even wanna think about our next move! :thud:
 
Just remeber to keep your fishes with good water condition. An battery operated air pump is useful for these travels. Also, could it be possible to keep the existing water?
 
I wouldn't worry about the fish at all. Bagged fish are good for 24hrs + . A couple hours while you're setting up the tank is nothing.
 
Just to give you some confidence -

I bought a 125 G complete set up from somebody an hour away from where I live. The guy who moved everything drained some of the water into a big trashcan and netted all of the fish into it and put in a battery operated air pump. Then he took the tank down. When we had everything but the fish loaded up, he took out the pump out of the trashcan, put the lid on the trashcan, and put it in the back of his SUV.

Once at my house, he uncovered the trashcan, put the air pump back in it, and re-set up the tank. He netted the fish back out of the trash can into the tank. I can't remember if he poured the water from the trash can into the tank also, or did any acclimating for the fish while they were in the trash can (i.e., add any of the "new water" to the trash can, so that they weren't shocked by the different water parameters - PH, etc.). The fish were none the worse for wear. He has done a number of moves (3 times for this tank alone) and says that this is his method and he's quite successful with it.

The fish were probably in the trash can for 3-4 hours, all together.

GOOD LUCK - let us know how it goes.
 
Once I was helping this old guy move some fishes from his old fish store to a newer one and he told me he was surprised how though can freshwater fishes vs. marine ones when being handled.
 
My only suggestion would be to remember to dechlor the water before you put in the gravel or filters. I almost forgot to do that when I moved some tanks around my house!! Good luck
 
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