Move aquarium 5 feet!!

Do to money issue, including a 7 week old daughter. I am ripping my sump apart as it is leaking. I also want to move my aquarium 5 feet, it’s a 65 Gallon. Any advise on moving it with out tearing it apart?

 

If it is on the floor you can slide it by using a few 2x4's.
Like you would with a large board or pole to lift something incredibly heavy on the other end. I did this to move my 75 gal 2 feet over a while ago.
If it is on a carpet you could try this as well but if it won't slide then you need to raise it to a height tall enough to slide a board of some type under it. Maybe even ply wood. It is thin and easy to move in and out. Then more it the same way you would if it was on a floor surface.
I recommend emptying out as much water as possible though. Maybe 80% so that it is easier and it give enough room for your fist to hide during the move.
Make sure to take out any rocks that may topple over. Crushing fish is never fun.

Good luck.
I'm about to move both my 46gal and 75gal 10 miles for a 1month temp move and again 20 miles to the new house. 2 tank's, 2 moves, 1 month. Not fun.

 

We moved our 240 gallon half full of water and with about 200 lbs of sand still in it. We moved it a couple miles. We learned a lesson possibly from the eqyptians. This should work regardless if it is on flooring or carpeting.

First remove about 25% of the water. Like Jt reccomended unstack rocks that might topple and check for other areas of unstability and correct.

Next, put yourself together some round dowel type material. Doweling will work, broom handles, PVC pipe works real well as long as its strong and small, like 1" or less. Make sure you have about 5 or 6 of these that are plenty wide enough, with extra, on each side of the tank stand.

Now, get yourself a little help and lift one side of the tank and stand and slide one of the rounds underneath and set the tank gently back down on top of the round making sure you have some poking out on both sides.

You will find that the tank will roll on top of the round VERY easily, sometimes almost too easily, so go very gently and slowly. As the tank begins to slide forward, insert another round underneath the front and repeat the process again and again. when you get a few underneath it is very easy to control.

You're not going very far, so you probably won't have to go from the back to the front very many times but if you are going a long distance you simply take the round that comes out the back and put it back up front again.

Like I said, we used this method to move our 240, half full of water, out of my shop, into the parking lot, onto a trailor, off the trailor, through the garage, up a step, into the house, accross the kitchen, dining room to its resting place. Here's something funny...... My dad had it there for a couple months, then had us move it again accross the house, to a "better place" lol. It looked good there. One of the nicest 240s I have seen. Anyway... good luck to you.. I hope you find a solution that works for ya.

GLTA