Moving a 72 gal bow. Help :(

fishman72b

fishman72b

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Need to move my 72 gallon bow. Any advice, do i move with rocks on it?
150lbs of LR
20lbs of LS
1 cprbnd butterfly
1 powderbrown tang
1 clown
toadstool
shrooms
zoos.
inline filtration system.
All advice is apprpeciated, thanks!
 
fbm

fbm

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You can't move a tank with anything in it...too much stress on seems. The only way to do it is to get a bunch of 5 gallon buckets and put the stuff in the buckets then move the tank then set the tank back up. If you try to move tank with anything in it you will cause leaks, if not right away down the road it will leak.
 
fishman72b

fishman72b

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i figured that out that i cant do that. But i just went and pay 110 bucks for 15 5 gallon buckets. What i was planning to do, like i did when i bought this used tank, was wrap the LR in towels, becuase theyre covered in algae and whatnot, take all the water out except for about 15 gallons, and put a fish or a coral in each bucket. The other 3 gallons will be to add new water, becuase im due for a water change anyways.
 
arandacole

arandacole

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When we moved our 90 gallon we used large plastic trashcans and large rubbermaid containers. We put a bit of tankwater in each and then put the rocks in a couple of them (covered by the water) and the fish in another. We only moved 3 hours away.
Good Luck.
Love,
A
 
bronco300

bronco300

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here is what i did when i moved my 75, and had no deaths but a few bad xenia stalks....my father had coolers, giant ones, so i used them...i didn't like the idea of 15 5 gallon buckets, nor the idea of rubbermaid containers that would bow etc.
I had probably a 30-45cooler, 20-25g or so cooler, and a smaller 15g cooler...and two 5 gallon buckets...i filled each container with water as much as i could...put all my rock inside the big coolers...then I put any small corals in the 5 gallon buckets with the fish i had...my fish were small so no big deal for the few hours they moved....i left as little water in the tank as possible, but left some in there to keep the sand damp...loaded the truck up...took a garbage bag and ripped it down the side and covered the top of my tank and wrapped it with duct tape as to keep from water flying everything....put duct tape on all the coolers to make sure the force of the water can not pop the lid open....saves from having a million 5 gallon buckets thats for sure...it was a lot easier too in my opinion than trying to find a way for my larger rock to fit somewhere....i have a thread about my move somewhere
here it is: Moving
 
bronco300

bronco300

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oh, yea...and make sure you have water in reserve, like i think you said you would have 3 gallons, maybe more...i ended up losing like 10gallons in the process of moving...i think my father drove a little wild and the cooler a little too much water out...plus all my messing and spilling...haha, wasn't prepared to lose that much thats for sure.
 
fgcu14

fgcu14

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ok here's what you do. There is no way you can move your tank with all that inside it. Instead of the 500 five gallon buckets, I would suggest a large rubbermaid container for the rocks and sand. You could fit more into it and would probably take up less room.
If you are planning on keeping your water (i would suggest this because it's already cycled) Have a second large rubbermaid container, place it in your car/truck and then use a bucket to fill with your water. Dont fill the bucket and then try and put it in your car because that can get extreamly heavy!
I have no experiance with corals however with you fish I would use an opaque, square container. I have found through experiance that square containers are lesss prone to splashing around. If the container is dark it will reduce the stress on your fish. Also, depending on how long of a drive you have you may want a battery powered aireator.
Thats all I can think of right now, so good luck with the move.
 
fishman72b

fishman72b

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my drive is about 10 minutes. And i have use a large rubbermaid before (twice) BOTH TIMES the bottom collapesed and there was a catostrophic loss. NOT goign to make that mistake again.
 
fgcu14

fgcu14

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thats odd. because i have a 55 freshwater tank that i move every summer, when i go home from college and it works fine for me. I guarantee that I will do the same with my salt tank this summer too.
 
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