Moving tips and tricks?

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  1. elryry

    elryry Plankton

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    Hey guys, this is my first post, but an important one for me. I am moving to a new location (about 30 minutes away) and I was wondering if there are any good methods to moving an aquarium from one place to the next. Should I just set up a new aquarium at the new location and just relocate the fish or should I try to move the current aquarium? Help is much appreciated.
     
    elryry, Jan 23, 2008
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  2. reef_guru

    reef_guru Humpback Whale

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    i just moved a 72 gallon bowfront reef tank. 44 gallon rubbermaid heavy duty trash cans work wonders. one with sand and some water. another with the top shelf rock/corals and water. another with bottom rock/water. a 5 gallon with fish/water. have about half the tank in new water on standby. dont use the water from the sand bucket or bottom rock bucket.
     
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  3. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    Matt Rogers, Jan 23, 2008
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  4. baugherb

    baugherb Giant Squid

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    Welcome to 3Reef>>>>>> Good luck with your move...
     
    baugherb, Jan 23, 2008
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  5. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Yeah...........what he said!:hehe:
     
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  6. superclouds

    superclouds Flamingo Tongue

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    I just moved and never thought of using heavy duty garbage cans, I bought $60 worth of 5g buckets and took as much water as I could.
     
    superclouds, Feb 1, 2008
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