Moving soon. Any advice appreciated.

[Clapping crabs]

So I am moving about 2 miles from my house in the next few weeks. This tank has been moved before. It was setup just 4 months before I bought it. The move went fine and the entire tank crashed by neglect other then the fish. My tank is now a softy and lps tank, i also have an anemone. I have 3 clowns, a diamond back goby and a scooter blenny. The tank has been setup for 6 months since it was moved last. What would be the best way to do this now without lose of life? I do have empty tanks I could use to hold. X2 10g and a 20g. I now have fish and coral to worry about losing. So any advice would be nice.

 

[cracker]

Well Ya don't have far to go. That's real good . Do You have the luxury of doing the move over a couple days? All I can think of is remember the little issues that came up the last time . How about the sand? Gonna use this sand or start with new? Got a supply of new water to refill with ? Stuff like that .

 

[Clapping crabs]

Well Ya don't have far to go. That's real good . Do You have the luxury of doing the move over a couple days? All I can think of is remember the little issues that came up the last time . How about the sand? Gonna use this sand or start with new? Got a supply of new water to refill with ? Stuff like that .

Yes I have alot of time to do the move. Just unsure of how to go about it now. There is much more life, time and money invested then before.

 

[Scotty Buttons]

I'd get as much new saltwater as possible set up at the new location with matching temp ands SG. While draining your tank I'd vacuum the sand to clean out all the detritus. Put the rocks and corals into buckets then the fish in another bucket. Break down all the equipment. Move the tank rock and fish, set it back up with the equipment, slowly and carefully fill it to minimize cloudiness add the rock, coral and fish back and kick the system back on. Once the dust settles you can do your aquascaping. This is how ive always done it and had success.

Good luck and happy reefing!

 

[Chef Tommy]

Love the post & reading about many moves currently. I’m almost in process of a move but have time & the wonderful girlfriend thought it would be cool if we upgraded to a 150 together!

 

[Clapping crabs]

Love the post & reading about many moves currently. I’m almost in process of a move but have time & the wonderful girlfriend thought it would be cool if we upgraded to a 150 together!

I would love to upgrade but at the time I can't.

 

[Super Fly]

I'd get as much new saltwater as possible set up at the new location with matching temp ands SG. While draining your tank I'd vacuum the sand to clean out all the detritus. Put the rocks and corals into buckets then the fish in another bucket. Break down all the equipment. Move the tank rock and fish, set it back up with the equipment, slowly and carefully fill it to minimize cloudiness add the rock, coral and fish back and kick the system back on. Once the dust settles you can do your aquascaping. This is how ive always done it and had success.

Good luck and happy reefing!

This. Except for the sand, if u plan to reuse the old sand I'd rinse them clean first while saving 1-2 cups in a ziplock bag to help reseed the cleaned sand. If u don't want to bother with the sand rinse, can buy new but I'd still save 1-2 cups of old sand to seed new sand.

When I moved, after arriving at new house, I put all LR and fish into one Brute with powerhead and heater while tank was being setup. They all survived a week in the Brute fine.

 

[Radman73]

This. Except for the sand, if u plan to reuse the old sand I'd rinse them clean first while saving 1-2 cups in a ziplock bag to help reseed the cleaned sand. If u don't want to bother with the sand rinse, can buy new but I'd still save 1-2 cups of old sand to seed new sand.

When I moved, after arriving at new house, I put all LR and fish into one Brute with powerhead and heater while tank was being setup. They all survived a week in the Brute fine.

+2.

I kept my rock in a Brute for 5 months while we prepared to move from Georgia to Florida. The green play's I had on it survived as did most of the CUC. I cut a hole in the lid for my A360 to provide light. With it being 2 miles, you don't really even need a heater if you move quick. 5 gallon buckets of water siphoned from the DT for the fish, 2-3 fish per bucket. More if you have to. For that matter, they'll be just fine in the small rubbermaid food containers that all of our wives use that have snap on lids. It's 2 miles. I moved mine 350 in those things and they did just fine. Also agree on saving a gallon bag of live sand. Make sure you pre rinsed sand ready to go if you need it. Personally I'd go with new sand and just ditch it or rinse it to sell it vs trying to rinse and add it back in.

So, save some sand, use rubbermaid containers or a brute or two to put rock in, more plastic for the fish, load everything up, put the tank in place and leveled, and start putting stuff back in as you hook all of the plumbing back up.