I have to remove my 60 cube from my bedroom so that new carpet can be installed. It is about a year old anemone, softie/polyp tank. I have decided to actually replace the tank itself with a new one since there are a few scratches and the silicone is pretty beat up and this will be the only practical time to do it. I have an 80 gallon frag tank that is plumbed into my Red Sea 250 in my basement that I could empty all of the contents into or I can move the tank out of the room in one piece then when the time comes empty the rock, livestock, and sand into buckets and tubs and install the new tank and plumb it and immediately put everything back in. Looking for advice on which route would be better on the livestock.
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I would go with your first route. I moved my tank once to go to a new home in buckets. In a few months I will move my 100 gallon tank 60 miles. The plan is to buy a new, larger tank, set it up with NSW in the new home, then come back with a million buckets and tubs and transfer everything out there. Of course I doubt that plan will work unless I sell my house the same day I move and that is not likely.
you have a chance to intercept your sand here, rare. to remove the filth inside it if applicable. we should either rinse the current sand really well before re use, or replace it.
if its been kept stirred and waste free so far, then I guess its mighty ok for reuse.
the waste in a bed doesn't help anything, was just considering that angle if applicable.
if its been kept stirred and waste free so far, then I guess its mighty ok for reuse.
the waste in a bed doesn't help anything, was just considering that angle if applicable.
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I just moved a 30 gallon a few months ago. I emptied all water and contents into multiple large rubbermaids. I wanted to just drain it most of the way, and have several people carry it together, but quickly got talked out of that. Last thing i would want is to get it moved, and have it start leaking from the joints being stressed. This took all day, but success.
I don’t. I wouldn’t risk it, unless your sand bed stirred and cleaned often. When I transfer, I’m using new sand.
Do you think I will have to let the tank cycle again before adding my rock and livestock if I add new sand?
