I currently have a 65g and 120 gallon that I am going to combine to one new 180 tank. The 120 currently resides where I want to put the new tank, there are 2 fish in it. I have about 150lb of rock and 150lb of sand in the 120, the 65 has 40 or so lb of rock and 60 of sand. I'm planning on moving the 2 fish to the 65. Pulling rock out of 120 and placing it on a tarp with towels. Sand is going to get taken out into buckets and I should be able to get about 50 gallons of water out into a tank. Once that is done, do I just move my sand and rock into the new tank, add water, move the remaining rock from the 65 and finish filling the tank?
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That can work.
Do you have a Brute trash can (especially one with the wheels attachment)? If so, put tank water in it and move the rock there. If you put in a pump to move some water you could keep it in there for weeks while you set up the new tank. I've even kept fish and inverts in mine at times.
Do you have a Brute trash can (especially one with the wheels attachment)? If so, put tank water in it and move the rock there. If you put in a pump to move some water you could keep it in there for weeks while you set up the new tank. I've even kept fish and inverts in mine at times.
