mikeym Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 If I had a 14 gallon oceanic biocube with lr and coral and needed to transport it about 20 miles what would be the best method? Thanks in advance Link to comment
CarterNichols Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 bag all the livestock, five gallon bucket for the LR, and break a lot of speed limits. Link to comment
StevieT Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 take everything out. bag or put the corals in a container (rubermade or like), rock in another. set up in the new location, save the water or most of it. Make sure the rock isn't out of water long Link to comment
KMitch Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 When I moved my tank between college and Atlanta (400 miles) I put everything into a cooler. Make sure you drain the tank completely before moving it! I never had any losses Link to comment
8103 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 When I bought my tank, it was about 1 hour away. i put all the livestock into a foam cooler with water from the tank, an airpump, and a powerhead. then siphened the water out and put it in buckets with the liverocks. the buckets were also hooked up to the airpump. just make sure the livestock is in the same tempurature water as the tank. the tempurature didnt fluxuate that much in the cooler. the buckets changed a lot. good luck. Link to comment
arwndsh Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 If its just 20 miles you don't need a heater or an air pump. You can do 1 of 2 things, bag all the livestock like has been suggested or just buy a couple of 5g buckets and put everything in them. I use the bucket method to transport my tank and I have gone about 450 miles that way. You should be fine. I've only had one loss this way and that was my own fault (got home tired so left the bucket in the car, which was in the garage, with the lid on overnight, I don't recommend doing that). Just be sure to save as much tank water as possible (I put what tank water I can't get into the bucket into empty gallon jugs) and to put it back up as soon as you get home. Link to comment
scokill Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Put the whole the thing in the front seat and just hold on to it with your free hand...try not to let it slosh around....you can also get one of thos DC inverters for the cigarette lighter plug and power your pumps and lights.... Link to comment
krankykris Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Put the whole the thing in the front seat and just hold on to it with your free hand...try not to let it slosh around....you can also get one of thos DC inverters for the cigarette lighter plug and power your pumps and lights.... terrible idea. =( Link to comment
umich Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I moved my 8 gallon BC about a month ago just as everyone said, bagged corals, inverts, fish, placed bagged livestock into 5 gallon bucket, then rest of water and LR in another 5 gallon bucket. It was 20 mins away so I didn't use pumps or heaters. Also leave just barely enough water to keep the sand wet. I ended up having about an inch of water and it really messed up the and and caused a sandstorm. Because of this, I did about a 20% water change just trying to siphon out all of the crap I stirred up. I had no casualties and all of my corals opened back up in about 2-3 hours of the move. Just take your time and you will be fine! Its really not that bad. Link to comment
scokill Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 terrible idea. =( It was a joke.... Link to comment
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