Moving my 75g tank

Gumby · 12-28-2004, 11:05 PM

What an experience!!!!!!!

My wife and I bought a house several weeks ago and are in the process of moving in. We nicknamed the 75g, "the beast" and it was supposed to be the last thing to be moved because of the 18in of snow on the ground.
My older brother rolled into town and said, lets move it, so we did and here is how we did it and may have been the totally wrong way to do it, but its done and now all I am doing is waiting for my water to warm into the green/safe temp.

Long story shortversion:
We bought (5) 5g buckets with lids from Home Depot and used the existing two buckets I already had and removed all of the rock and as much water into the buckets that we could. Then we moved the fish over to the 30g (existing tank). We took the buckets with LR and water and pour them into a 55g that I had in the garage of the new house. Then we put the tnak and stand into our truck bed and then put the all of the fish/inverts (from both tanks) into a 5g bucket and took them to the house. BTW - I put all of my shrooms into ziplock baggies and the xenia into a bucket.....We then moved all of the sand and rock from both tnaks into the 75g. and now we are just waiting for hte water to warm. Its been a long day........................The tank water is not anywhere near clear, but I can't leave my fish in the 5g bucket for too long.

Right now, i'm at the old place getting ready to head back to the new place to drink a coors light and check my water temp so that i can get my fish into their new home and I can go to bed.........

I hope that I have not made any of you mad at the way I moved my tank, but I have limited time and had real limited muscular help to make the move.

Witfull · 12-28-2004, 11:10 PM

soinds like a fun day,,,hehe

karm to ya~

Spooda420 · 12-28-2004, 11:53 PM

The coors light part or moving of the tank? first unwriiten commandment dont drink and play with the tank, nothing good can come of it.

Woodstock · 12-29-2004, 09:17 AM

Yikes! Sounds like a chore for sure! HOw did everything do?

Btw... congrats on your new home!!

Gumby · 01-03-2005, 08:42 AM

I have had no casualties as of today. And my wife's angel looks healthier in the larger tank.

Woodstock · 01-03-2005, 09:08 AM

Awesome!! No injured backs i hope

Gumby · 01-03-2005, 10:52 AM

That remains to be seen. As a teen, I used to look at pain as a weakness leaving the body. Now, I see pain as pain and it hurts.

Going down a flight of stairs with the weight of a 75g plus about 60lbs of LS was quite painfull, but nothing a little Flexall 454 and several beers cant fix. Although he hasn't said it and he would never admit it, I think that my older brother is a little worse for the wear than myself.

12-28-2004, 11:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gumby Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 449 View Gallery Karma Komment	Moving my 75g tank What an experience!!!!!!! My wife and I bought a house several weeks ago and are in the process of moving in. We nicknamed the 75g, "the beast" and it was supposed to be the last thing to be moved because of the 18in of snow on the ground. My older brother rolled into town and said, lets move it, so we did and here is how we did it and may have been the totally wrong way to do it, but its done and now all I am doing is waiting for my water to warm into the green/safe temp. Long story shortversion: We bought (5) 5g buckets with lids from Home Depot and used the existing two buckets I already had and removed all of the rock and as much water into the buckets that we could. Then we moved the fish over to the 30g (existing tank). We took the buckets with LR and water and pour them into a 55g that I had in the garage of the new house. Then we put the tnak and stand into our truck bed and then put the all of the fish/inverts (from both tanks) into a 5g bucket and took them to the house. BTW - I put all of my shrooms into ziplock baggies and the xenia into a bucket.....We then moved all of the sand and rock from both tnaks into the 75g. and now we are just waiting for hte water to warm. Its been a long day........................The tank water is not anywhere near clear, but I can't leave my fish in the 5g bucket for too long. Right now, i'm at the old place getting ready to head back to the new place to drink a coors light and check my water temp so that i can get my fish into their new home and I can go to bed......... I hope that I have not made any of you mad at the way I moved my tank, but I have limited time and had real limited muscular help to make the move. __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse diff kinds of shrooms, diff zooas, diff star polyps, frogspawn and hammer 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's; TERM II Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts

12-28-2004, 11:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Spooda420 Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 484 View Gallery Karma Komment	The coors light part or moving of the tank? first unwriiten commandment dont drink and play with the tank, nothing good can come of it. __________________ 120 gallon, 100 gallon sump, GEO Calcium Reactor, Aqua C EV-400 Skimmer, 300 pounds of LR, Bare Bottom, 2 Tetra UV2 Sterilizers, 2 Tunze 6080 streams, 2 - 400 watt DE Metal Halides

12-29-2004, 09:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,501 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Yikes! Sounds like a chore for sure! HOw did everything do? Btw... congrats on your new home!! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

01-03-2005, 08:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
Gumby Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 449 View Gallery Karma Komment	I have had no casualties as of today. And my wife's angel looks healthier in the larger tank. __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse diff kinds of shrooms, diff zooas, diff star polyps, frogspawn and hammer 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's; TERM II Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts

01-03-2005, 09:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,501 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Awesome!! No injured backs i hope __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

01-03-2005, 10:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
Gumby Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 449 View Gallery Karma Komment	That remains to be seen. As a teen, I used to look at pain as a weakness leaving the body. Now, I see pain as pain and it hurts. Going down a flight of stairs with the weight of a 75g plus about 60lbs of LS was quite painfull, but nothing a little Flexall 454 and several beers cant fix. Although he hasn't said it and he would never admit it, I think that my older brother is a little worse for the wear than myself. __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse diff kinds of shrooms, diff zooas, diff star polyps, frogspawn and hammer 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's; TERM II Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts

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