Transporting a 10-gallon
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tuningvis
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maybe just keep the setup on hold till you get to school
avbryce1
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If you dont want to wait till fall to set it up its pretty easy to move a 10 gal
for a 4 1/2 hr trip you would want to get a power converter for your car so you could plug in some heaters and powerheads you can get one for under 20 bucks at radio shack
then you will need 2 rubbermaid containers about 7 gal each and a bag of crushed coral from the lfs. pour the rinsed crushed coral into the 2 containers (this is to keep your rocks and corals from sliding around and smashing into each other) syphon 5 gal of your tank water into one container and 5 gal into the other all the time removing corals and fish and placing them into one container and placing your liverock into the other.
leave the substrate in your tank and put the tank into your car. Put your powerhead and heater in the container that has the corals and fish in it making shure to get good surface aggatation with the powerhead. put the containers in your car plug in your heater and powerhead and go with it.
when you arrive: SLOWLY syphon your water from the containers back into the tank (I put the syphon hose up aganst the tank glass so that I stir the substrate as little as possible) replace your liverock, corals, and fish and throw away the crushed coral. keep an eye on your water paramaters and you should be fine
for a 4 1/2 hr trip you would want to get a power converter for your car so you could plug in some heaters and powerheads you can get one for under 20 bucks at radio shack
then you will need 2 rubbermaid containers about 7 gal each and a bag of crushed coral from the lfs. pour the rinsed crushed coral into the 2 containers (this is to keep your rocks and corals from sliding around and smashing into each other) syphon 5 gal of your tank water into one container and 5 gal into the other all the time removing corals and fish and placing them into one container and placing your liverock into the other.
leave the substrate in your tank and put the tank into your car. Put your powerhead and heater in the container that has the corals and fish in it making shure to get good surface aggatation with the powerhead. put the containers in your car plug in your heater and powerhead and go with it.
when you arrive: SLOWLY syphon your water from the containers back into the tank (I put the syphon hose up aganst the tank glass so that I stir the substrate as little as possible) replace your liverock, corals, and fish and throw away the crushed coral. keep an eye on your water paramaters and you should be fine
stewie
New Member
AvBryce hit it right on the head! I recently bought a sw tank that was a 10 gallon. Granted it was only a 1 1/2 hr drive, so no power head/heater was needed, but i did the exact same thing. Rocks/corals in one bucket, fish/livestock in the other, left the sand in the tank. Make sure you keep a heater/air pump in the car, and perhaps a low flow powerhead. This will be fine. Just make sure the 2 buckets are near the same temps when putting them back into the tank. Other than that, should be a pretty safe and easy move.
HTH
-Stewie
HTH
-Stewie
diadema
Member
I transported a 90 gallon 3 hours with zero casualties... So I'm pretty sure a 10 gallon would be okay...
Key is having some fresh water to use. Mix up a batch of 10 gallons to bring with you. Get everything back in the tank and do a 50% waterchange.
Then let it sit for a few hours and retest the water.... Do another change if needed.
Key is having some fresh water to use. Mix up a batch of 10 gallons to bring with you. Get everything back in the tank and do a 50% waterchange.
Then let it sit for a few hours and retest the water.... Do another change if needed.