So my wife and daughter are finally going to have a bigger place and I need to plan my tank move for this upcoming Saturday. The new apartment is less than a mile away (3 minute drive) so not concerned with heating/air supply as much as a larger distance and longer time.
So this is what I have so far:
Before Friday
1. make alot of fresh salt water (approx 40-50 gallons) before the move in a large garbage can
Friday
2. do a 20 gallon water change and put the old tank water into a 29 gallon holding tank in the new apartment.
3. place corals (mainly zoas) and inverts into buckets.
4. attempt to catch 2 clowns, wrasse, angelfish and eel and place them in the buckets with heater, pump and cover.
5. take coral,fish and invert buckets to new apartment and into awaiting holding tanks out of the way
Saturday
5. remove remaining live rock and place in buckets with old tank water
6. break down sump and place macro algae, mangroves (and sand?) into bucket.
7. drain remaining tank water until just covering sand
8. transport water, rock, tank, stand, sump and equipment to new apartment.
9. have a beer with my friends helping and complain about how damn heavy everything is.:beer:
10. bring in tank and stand. level as required.
11. fill approx. 6" of old tank water into tank and place base rocks for aquascaping down to glass to avoid any damage to eel as he digs.
12. fill tank with 1/2 old and 1/2 new salt water and aquascape
13. fill sump with approx 30 gallons of new salt water
note: my plumbing was set up to anticipate a move there is a union for the hard plumbing and soft plumbing for return.
14. aquascape, set-up remaining equipment, and turn system on.
15. have another beer:beer:
16. check parameters while enjoying beer
17. go see the Devils vs Islanders game at Nassau Collesium :thrash: and have more beer:beer:
Sunday
18. if parameters are ok, place corals and livestock into tank and move rest of furniture to complete the whole apartment move.
19. another beer for a job well done:beer:
There is approx. 80lbs of sand and do not know if it should be left undisturbed, rinsed or replaced completely. Any suggestions on the sand? Replacing the sand would make it easier to move the tank but a little harder on the wallet.
I feel as if I missed some steps but cannot think of what they are. Any tips or suggestions for the move?
So this is what I have so far:
Before Friday
1. make alot of fresh salt water (approx 40-50 gallons) before the move in a large garbage can
Friday
2. do a 20 gallon water change and put the old tank water into a 29 gallon holding tank in the new apartment.
3. place corals (mainly zoas) and inverts into buckets.
4. attempt to catch 2 clowns, wrasse, angelfish and eel and place them in the buckets with heater, pump and cover.
5. take coral,fish and invert buckets to new apartment and into awaiting holding tanks out of the way
Saturday
5. remove remaining live rock and place in buckets with old tank water
6. break down sump and place macro algae, mangroves (and sand?) into bucket.
7. drain remaining tank water until just covering sand
8. transport water, rock, tank, stand, sump and equipment to new apartment.
9. have a beer with my friends helping and complain about how damn heavy everything is.:beer:
10. bring in tank and stand. level as required.
11. fill approx. 6" of old tank water into tank and place base rocks for aquascaping down to glass to avoid any damage to eel as he digs.
12. fill tank with 1/2 old and 1/2 new salt water and aquascape
13. fill sump with approx 30 gallons of new salt water
note: my plumbing was set up to anticipate a move there is a union for the hard plumbing and soft plumbing for return.
14. aquascape, set-up remaining equipment, and turn system on.
15. have another beer:beer:
16. check parameters while enjoying beer
17. go see the Devils vs Islanders game at Nassau Collesium :thrash: and have more beer:beer:
Sunday
18. if parameters are ok, place corals and livestock into tank and move rest of furniture to complete the whole apartment move.
19. another beer for a job well done:beer:
There is approx. 80lbs of sand and do not know if it should be left undisturbed, rinsed or replaced completely. Any suggestions on the sand? Replacing the sand would make it easier to move the tank but a little harder on the wallet.
I feel as if I missed some steps but cannot think of what they are. Any tips or suggestions for the move?
