Moving to another state

[phxfishguy]

Has anyone ever moved a tank across the country? I may be moving and wanted to know ahead of time if I had to put the tank up for sale

or if there is some way I can get the whole thing 2,000 miles without losing anything.

Any experience here is much appreciated.

 

[redman1221]

Originally Posted by PHXFishGuy
http:///forum/post/2635522
Has anyone ever moved a tank across the country? I may be moving and wanted to know ahead of time if I had to put the tank up for sale

or if there is some way I can get the whole thing 2,000 miles without losing anything.

Any experience here is much appreciated.
Well I moved from Maryland to Florida about 4 years ago and I used a cooler with an battery power air pump, and they all was alive when I got to my new place. But I had to get rid of most of my water and had some made when I got to my new place, hope this help. But if you don't want to do that I would sell all of the fish and start over when you get to your new place.

 

[bgrae001]

I had a friend move from Florida to Washington state. He brought all of his live stock in buckets with bubble makers and small power heads. He said that he only lost a few.
I just moved from Germany to the U.S. and had to sell my fish. I kept my LR and LS. I wrapped my LR in wet newspaper and my LS in buckets with a little water. The sand stinks but some of the Coraline will survive on the LR. I mailed my RO/DI unit ahead of my furniture shipment so I could have water ready when my stuff gets here.

 

[ironeagle2006]

I moved my 75 now a 150 in the middle of winter of 05 and what I did was simple called had everything ready to go when my moving day hit and then also had my father who drove one of the vans back bring 2 extra tanks and an etra O2 regualtor with him. I cheated big time gave my fish pure o2 all the way and lost one butterfly and one gramma. My blue tang survived in fact its name is Timex it has survived now being moved a total of 7 times and is fine now that his only case of HLLE is healing up.

 

[tfolke1]

Originally Posted by bgrae001
http:///forum/post/2635640
I had a friend move from Florida to Washington state. He brought all of his live stock in buckets with bubble makers and small power heads. He said that he only lost a few.
I just moved from Germany to the U.S. and had to sell my fish. I kept my LR and LS. I wrapped my LR in wet newspaper and my LS in buckets with a little water. The sand stinks but some of the Coraline will survive on the LR. I mailed my RO/DI unit ahead of my furniture shipment so I could have water ready when my stuff gets here.

Wow and people complain about the shipping costs of Domestic Fish! ( or at least ones already in the US). I hope that you didn't have to cover that cost yourself.
I thought that you might be nuts till I saw your new location.

 

[bgrae001]

Originally Posted by tfolke1
http:///forum/post/2636058
Wow and people complain about the shipping costs of Domestic Fish! ( or at least ones already in the US). I hope that you didn't have to cover that cost yourself.
I thought that you might be nuts till I saw your new location.
The Government paid for it. I could never afford to ship 13,000 lbs out of pocket. I did have to pay 1450 to ship my car though.

 

[flricordia]

I moved from OKC to FL panhandle back in 95 and had 4 tanks ranging from 55gl to 20 gl strapped onto of my Mustang and full of clothes and junk.
In the back seat were rubbermaids with livestock both fresh and salt. In the rubbermaids were battery operated pumps. Didn't loose anything.
Can be done if planned out carefully.

 

[socal57che]

Originally Posted by PHXFishGuy
http:///forum/post/2635522
Has anyone ever moved a tank across the country? I may be moving and wanted to know ahead of time if I had to put the tank up for sale

or if there is some way I can get the whole thing 2,000 miles without losing anything.

Any experience here is much appreciated.
We moved everything in 5gal buckets from Dayton, Oh to Oceanside, Ca.
We stopped in Kansas City to visit family for a couple days. We used air pumps and heaters plugged into an inverter. Everything lived until day 9. (the night before we actually moved in) It was too late to pick up the keys to the apt so we had to spend one more night in a hotel. Heater stuck and cooked everything during the night. MAJOR disappointment after all the hard work we went through to keep them alive on our trip. It can be done, but it is not easy. You will also have LOTS to take care of with the new place. You don't need the hassle of setting up a tank as soon as you get there. I would sell the livestock if I had to do it over again.

 

[reefkprz]

one of my friends moved from maine to vegas, he sold his common stuf and housed the stuff he absolutly couldnt replace easily in friends tanks, moved out and set up then had everything shipped to him in stages, from what I heard it was a perfect method except for one bad shipment due to improper labeling (shipping adress was wrong) but everything lived even with the one shipment making a double run.
this may be an option to consider if you have local reef friends or a local club.

 

[phxfishguy]

I was considering the shipping method. My dad is local and actually has an old 125 sitting in the garage. I could set it up and move everything in there, set up the tank when I move into the new plave and have him ship stuff to me.
I was thinking about taking the live rock tough since that may be expensive to ship.

 

[socal57che]

Originally Posted by PHXFishGuy
http:///forum/post/2638169
I was considering the shipping method. My dad is local and actually has an old 125 sitting in the garage. I could set it up and move everything in there, set up the tank when I move into the new place and have him ship stuff to me.
That sounds like a plan.
Originally Posted by PHXFishGuy
http:///forum/post/2638169
I was thinking about taking the live rock tough since that may be expensive to ship.
You can take the LR with you and keep it going in rubbermaid containers in the garage until the tank is ready.