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Fidojoe:

I follow your plan and why you're recommending it. I have on question though. Your way, you aremoving the fish 3 times:

2. Moving fish from existing to a bucket. (1 fish move)
3. Move empty tanks to another room
4. Refill old tank
5. put fish back in from bucket. (2 fish moves)
6-10
11. Reaclimate fish (3 fish moves)


My way, I'm moving the fish only twice, from the old tank into a bucket (1 move) then after the new tank is set up, from the bucket to the new tank (2 moves). I'm just trying to minimize stress on the fish.

What if I did this:

1. Two weeks before move buy new LR and cure it in a spare 10g (which I have with a powerhead.
2. Siphon water out of existing tank into several buckets.
3. Disconnect equipment (heater/filter/skimmer) on existing tank.
4. Remove live rock from existing tank and place it in the 10g curing tank with new LR.
5. Move existing tank (fish, sand and some water still in it) into another room.
6. Reinstall equipment (heater/filter/skimmer) on existing tank.
7. Have new carpet installed.
8. Place new stand for new tank in position.
9. Place new tank onto the new stand.
10. Add some new, washed substrate into the new tank.
11. Place enough of existing substrate into new tank to achieve desired depth.
12. Put water from buckets in Step 2 into new tank.
13. Put old and new LR from 10g curing tank into new tank.
14. Move fish from existing tank into another bucket.
15. Siphon remaining water from existing tank into buckets like Step 2 and add to new tank.
16. Fill the remainder of the new tank with fresh saltwater.
17. Get filter/heater/skimmer working on new tank.
18. Acclimate existing fish in the bucket to the new tank as if they were new purchases.
19. Place fish into new tank.

What do you think? It sort of combine my original idea with some of your suggestions.