How do you move a tank ASAP!

agree, take everything out but about a inch of water over the sand. Then try to move the tank without disturbing the sand bed. then put everything back in. Should be no big deal. Good luck!

if me and my buddy did this with my 90g im sure you will be fine lol

 

Install pulley on ceiling.
Cut hole in floor.
Lower down to next floor.
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Carpet over hole.
Profit.

 

You could leave the sand alone but it will make the tank heavy to carry downstairs. As long as your sand bed is less than 2.5 inches you should also be fine as not too much can build up in a shallow bed. That being said yes it will change your parameters a little but, should balance out fairly quickly, and not large enough to cause any major problems.

 

The move type I stated earlier is exactly what I did on my move from CA to AZ, with a very simular sized tank.

 

+1

I have moved my 55 gallon fresh and my 24g saltwater aquapod about 3 times now. I would DEFINITELY advise taking as much weight out of your tank as possible- you don't want to break one of the seals or crack the glass.

When you move everything, make sure you take water readings prior to starting to tear down the tank and try to take as much of that water as possible with you. The less you change the better off you will be. You can also use your pre-move readings to make sure that everything is identical prior to moving your lovely inhabitants back in.

Finally, I would advise that you cut down on feeding/ lighting after you move. Even a move downstairs will stress out your inhabitants and you want to give them time to acclimate. When fish eat while stressed, they tend to produce more ammonia and it could create an ammonia spike.

 

take fish out and out in 5 gallon buckets then aerate,
take corals/rocks then out in another 5 gallon bucket then aerate,
if you want to re-use your old sand, empty the tank of water leave enough to cover the sand.

 

I have a very shallow sand bed, so good thing thatll help! Its gonna suck so bad, I love my aqua scape and Im never going to be able to get it back the way it is now lol. Im going have to draw a diagram and number each rock. maybe i can get it back as close as possible

 

Take pictures from all sides and the top. You can replicate it.

 

not trying to be a downer but, It will never be the same...just go ahead and accept that...

 

That would have been my suggestion. Get a couple strong people to help you out and it wont be a big deal methinks.


I sympathize with you about not wanting to lose your rock scape. Anybody that knows me in real life knows not to talk to me for about 24 hours after a tank move. The only thing I can say is that more often then not you end up with something that looks even better than it did before. Instead of trying to get your rocks perfectly back to the way they were I would go with the flow and create something new.

The other thing though is that you don't need to take ALL the rocks out, the key is just to make the tank light enough to carry. When I moved my 40b I removed the rocks that were resting on other rocks but the bottom layer stayed put, after the move it was pretty easy to just put a few rocks back rather than redo the entire scape.


*Oh and absolutely DO NOT take all the sand out.