Moving help and advice

maksim serebro · Nov 3, 2020

Hi all, moving next month. Again. This time I am planning to move my 2 fish tanks over two weeks and not in one day to reduce stress on me and my fish. The plan is to set up some temporary storage tubs in the new place and move the rock and corals first and fish last. Does anyone know where I can order cheap plastic storage containers? Around 75 gallons each? I have aloready checked Home depot and Lowes. They dont have anything big enough. Thanks!

CMMorgan · Nov 3, 2020

Maybe Tractor Supply? I don't know that anything that large will be cheap though.

zert11797 · Nov 3, 2020

You need more containers. Trying to use only two may be too tough. It will be impossible to carry lol

CMMorgan · Nov 3, 2020

zert11797 said:
You need more containers. Trying to use only two may be too tough. It will be impossible to carry lol

Oh heck no... definitely not going to carry that. A container that size would need metal framework just to keep the plastic from bursting. I do agree... multiple brute buckets would do the trick.

Sebastiancrab · Nov 3, 2020

maksim serebro said:
Hi all, moving next month. Again. This time I am planning to move my 2 fish tanks over two weeks and not in one day to reduce stress on me and my fish. The plan is to set up some temporary storage tubs in the new place and move the rock and corals first and fish last. Does anyone know where I can order cheap plastic storage containers? Around 75 gallons each? I have aloready checked Home depot and Lowes. They dont have anything big enough. Thanks!

Have you thought of trash cans? They will hold a lot more. Restaurant suppliers may have food /water safe ones.

Cell · Nov 3, 2020

Need to go to a farm/tractor store. Mill Fleet Farm in MN has the big stock tanks you are looking for.

maksim serebro · Nov 3, 2020

Thanks, will look into tractor supply. Not planning to carry the bins. Hoping to use them like a cheap and light weight tanks until I can clean mine and transfer them over