Moving a tank.

TheWalkman99 · Jan 19, 2019

I know this thread pops up from time to time. But always down to hear addition advice.
Starting my research in preparation to move my 40 gallon Nuvo to my work.
What’s the best way to move the live rock? My structure is epoxied together. Also a lot of my corals aren’t encrusted yet. Should I put them in their own containers?
Thanks in advanced

Etmanning · Jan 19, 2019

If the move is short I would just drain the water down to 1" or so and stuff damp (with tank water) paper towels to fill in all the gaps where the water should be.

Then just toss the tank in a car and move it. Not too difficult. I just moved a 40B 2 hours away like this.

If your corals can come off the Rick they will do better in a bucket or individually bagged than with the paper towels.

Dpate · Jan 19, 2019

Etmanning said:
If the move is short I would just drain the water down to 1" or so and stuff damp (with tank water) paper towels to fill in all the gaps where the water should be.

Then just toss the tank in a car and move it. Not too difficult. I just moved a 40B 2 hours away like this.

If your corals can come off the Rick they will do better in a bucket or individually bagged than with the paper towels.

Solid advice! That’s an easy move.

TheWalkman99 · Jan 20, 2019

Yeah it would be about a 30 minute drive
The corals can just be covered in damp towels that long?

Etmanning · Jan 20, 2019

TheWalkman99 said:
Yeah it would be about a 30 minute drive
The corals can just be covered in damp towels that long?

Yeah. You shouldn't have any issues there as long as the temperature stays relatively close to 78 and the corals aren't directly exposed to air for too long.

TheWalkman99 · Jan 23, 2019

Question:
A lot of my corals aren’t encrusted yet so I’ll pull them out for my move. Should I dip the corals while they’re out? Or better not to stress them anymore?