Eclipsed Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Hey guys, thanks for all the help you've given me so far, I appreciate it all. My next mystery to solve, is moving my tank. I have a 12 gallon elipse and have no idea how I'm going to go about moving it. Anyone that has had to move a tank in the past or has heard of any good ideas please share. Thanks again, you guys are awesome! Link to comment
bamann345 Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 I just got done moving a 6 gallon eclipse back to school....... I took out a good bit of water and most of the live rock that was exposed to open air. The rock I took out I wrapped in wet paper towels and put them in plastic bags, with the coral still attached, but all I have are zoos, and button polpys. This worked very well for me, I only lost 1 stalk of xenia durring the whole move, much better than I thought! Hope this helps some..... Link to comment
Eclipsed Posted August 17, 2003 Author Share Posted August 17, 2003 Thanks for your response! If I wrap my live rock in wet paper towels and put it in plastic bags, what is the max amount of time it can go without being back in the aquarium? thanks! Link to comment
eddie29 Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 This is what I did and it went well. Go to Lowes or HD and get three 5 gallon buckets with lids, total cost 10 bucks or so. Get as much water as you can from your nano and put it in the bucket. Also put any livestock in this bucket. The other bucket fill it with your lr and cover it in wet newspaper. Then the third bucket have new salt water mixed so that when you get there you can dump teh new water into the tank. Eddie Link to comment
katydidit Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 *tagging along* and learning...eddie, did you have any deaths during the move or was it pretty successful (sorry, I didnt mean to hijack the thread!) Link to comment
eddie29 Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 My cleaner shrimp and anemone came out happy. I also moved them to a larger tank when I went from the frat house to the house I built. But its still the same thing cause I had to move them about 10 minutes away. Eddie Link to comment
changhsu Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Won't wet paper towels and newspaper release a ton of chemicals? And shed a ton of lint also? Would wet cloth be a better substitute? Link to comment
Eclipsed Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 Would it be possible to siphon out 50% of the water into a cooler and put the liverock in there and siphon out the rest of the water and toss it? and then when I arrived, siphon the old water out of the cooler into the aquarium, put the liverock in, and then slowly add mixed saltwater to fill the aquarium.... This eliminates wrapping the liverock, but does the liverock need to be wrapped or will it be fine as long as it is submerged in the water that is in the cooler? Thanks for all the help!!! Link to comment
changhsu Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I think it should work. Submerging LR in water is way better than wrapping them. I guess you could put a thin layer of sand at the bottom to reduce LR crumbling also, but it might be messy to move the sand back. After the trip, your tank might re-cycle, due to die off, if any. So keep an eye on the ANN levels. Also, do the 50% water change slowly to reduce the chemical shock to your livestock. This includes matching the temperature. Link to comment
eddie29 Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 When i left my lr in a bucket submerged in water to take from KC to columbia alot of dieoff occured. Eddie Link to comment
changhsu Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Wow, that is weird, because people were always praising Gulf View or Tampa Bay Saltwater for shipping their LR in SW bags. They claim that it preserves more life than overseas dealers who use plastic sheets to ship their LR damp. I'm guessing that damp wrappers allow more gaseous exchange than stale water in a bucket. I guess you might be able to get more opinions on RC. Link to comment
katydidit Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Once again, dont mean to hijack the thread, but I have another question... I'm starting my nano when I move for school...2 hours away. What would be the best way to move the tank with livestock? I most likely will have a couple corals, shrimp, snails, hermits and some breed of fish. Will it be a pain and a half to move every summer? Link to comment
eddie29 Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 The thing I would worry the most about is the water temperature. I suggest two options for this as I worked for UPS for 2 years so shipping stuff that needs to stay a specific temp is easy for me. The first is use a sytrofoam container and then put hte fish in a bag with water and put it in there. Do it for the fish and another for the other items. Or, use the bucket method and get a car adaptor to drop your heater in the bucket to keep the temp the same. What I would suggest, being a college kid myself, is to get the tank setup in your dorm (i take it you live in one otherwise you wouldn't be moving back in the summer back home) and fill it half way with new water. Then on a return trip bring back everything this way, you save the time it would take for you to put the tank up and all. Meaning less time you would have to worry about the fish and other things. Problem with this is you would need a new tank and a new heater. Eddie Link to comment
eddie29 Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I stayed at school the first summer I was there, so you might not have to worry about taking it back home if you end up spending your summer there. Eddie Link to comment
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