Moving need suggestions

[BoomerD]

Matt, my opinion, with as far as you're moving, is to sell everything, and start again when you get settled. With a 2 day trip, (presuming no problems along the way, livestock is going to be very stressed long before you get the tanks set back up. Sux to have to get rid of prized fish and/or corals, but the odds are not in your favor. Any breakdown of the moving truck, and you're probably gonna lose something, and once one dies, (if you don't get it out immediately), ammonia levels will rise, further stressing the rest of the animals in that container.
If you were moving from Fresburg to Sacramento or someplace within a day drive, then no sweat. Still lots of work, and needs to be planned well in advance, but much less chance of over-stressing the animals.


Anyway, that's my

[Frankie]

I have to agree with BoomerD. I got rid of all my live stock before moving south last year and just kept the equipment. Im happy now that i did that too. I like my new set up better. Buying the rock again hurt but i got over it. Good luck with your move!

[My2heartboys]

Originally Posted by aquaman3680

Ok so the house is up on the market and I have to start finding a way to move he tank with the least stress on the animals. Any suggestions on moving would be great. I have fish rock and corals to move.

Let me know

Matt

Having just moved two tanks myself---my reaction is don't. OK, now that this is over with, gather a couple of big roughneck tubs with wheels to make new saltwater in, pumps to stir that water and heaters to heat it, as many buckets with lids that you can find, also ideally about 5-6 people helping if you can. Have one in charge of LR, one in charge of corals, one in charge of inverts (yes, separate those guys from the rocks--if you can. Don't want to have smushed crab or snail when you get where you are going because rocks moved during the drive)--This one might be able to also handle the fish, one can siphon and top off buckets as they are filled with LR or corals, one in charge of taking off the lights, filters, etc and giving them a quick cleaning. As for the sand--everybody dig in to help fill buckets or whatever with it. Preserve as much of the original tank water as possible--yes you will need to dump at least 25% of it to change out with new water. Keep in mind that as soon as that first piece comes out of the tank---you are on the clock. If you try to keep having everything out as close to two hours--all should be fine.

For me, I had everything back in (with it just being me to restore the tank)with the exception of the fish as close to that two hours as I could. Yes, it meant just tossing the rocks and coral in at first, but I only lost one fish out of that (OK, maybe a few snails and hermit crabs). Everything perked right up after the sand settled out of the water and I do not believe I went through a cycle as my corals did not react adversely. A day or so later--I went in and rearranged things like I had them--still not happy with it, but have endeavored to keep my hands out of tank for a bit, to give everybody a chance to adjust.

HTH

Anne

[My2heartboys]

Originally Posted by My2heartboys

Having just moved two tanks myself---my reaction is don't. OK, now that this is over with, gather a couple of big roughneck tubs with wheels to make new saltwater in, pumps to stir that water and heaters to heat it, as many buckets with lids that you can find, also ideally about 5-6 people helping if you can. Have one in charge of LR, one in charge of corals, one in charge of inverts (yes, separate those guys from the rocks--if you can. Don't want to have smushed crab or snail when you get where you are going because rocks moved during the drive)--This one might be able to also handle the fish, one can siphon and top off buckets as they are filled with LR or corals, one in charge of taking off the lights, filters, etc and giving them a quick cleaning. As for the sand--everybody dig in to help fill buckets or whatever with it. Preserve as much of the original tank water as possible--yes you will need to dump at least 25% of it to change out with new water. Keep in mind that as soon as that first piece comes out of the tank---you are on the clock. If you try to keep having everything out as close to two hours--all should be fine.

For me, I had everything back in (with it just being me to restore the tank)with the exception of the fish as close to that two hours as I could. Yes, it meant just tossing the rocks and coral in at first, but I only lost one fish out of that (OK, maybe a few snails and hermit crabs). Everything perked right up after the sand settled out of the water and I do not believe I went through a cycle as my corals did not react adversely. A day or so later--I went in and rearranged things like I had them--still not happy with it, but have endeavored to keep my hands out of tank for a bit, to give everybody a chance to adjust.

HTH

Anne

OOOPPPSSS should have read further--I was just moving to another location in town---not two days away. Sorry, no experience with that.

Anne