One of my worst nightmare !!!!(Moving LoL) (1 Viewer)

[asianlatinremix]

Well Today i Had to move my tank (72 gal). i done this before but i only had few coral to move .This time i had alot of coral to move . half my coral i set aside in my nano tank which i left behind and my fish . I took most of my stone coral with me . i took all the water with me also since it was only maybe about 60gals of water Due to the live rock and sand i minus 12gals .
I moved from Houston to humble , the whole process took me 5hrs to take apart and set up . Boy was i sweatin. After a broken back and sore hands , everything seem to be doing nice, everything open expect few softies but ill find out later today . i cross my figures that everything lives .

I'm going to vodka dose to keep everything under control . i know I'm going to get an ammo spike from moving the sand and rocks . Later today going to be moving my 40gal with the fish and coral , Then The Next day im going to have to move my 210gal (fish only),I have no ideal how im going to be moving this sucker . there no way i can save all that water . Only thing i can the is taking all my fish out and droping them in my 40 gal till i can cycle my tank again .

What do you guys think i should do ? It houses 3 bamboo sharks (under 11in) 1 mono 2 scats and fugly damsel and snow flake eel .


Here pic after my set up .
it a bit cloudy from the move . Plus i Have Buy some putty to put ever thing in place .

 

[Sing4LTS]

looks like everything will be fine...As opposed to dosing the vodka to keep everything under control, I suggest mixing you a huge batch of saltwater, to handle the ammonia spike (it shouldn't be a very large spike.) Check your ammonia levels about every 2 hours...once you notice it starting to rise, do a 50% water change. You LR will handle the rest.

 

[Timanator]

Man I've been wanting to goto a new tank, but moving things is what I dread too!

 

[Rick]

go get some cheap garbage cans to put the water in

 

[kitkatr]

i just moved also (austin to houston) and its been my third with fish. I must say that only taking a little of the tank water (maybe half or less) and adding new water has done wonders for me.

good luck on the broken back i am also recovering

 

[RR-MAN]

If possible do not use the old sand. Once you move the sand it screws up everything.

 

[asianlatinremix]

If possible do not use the old sand. Once you move the sand it screws up everything.

dont use the old sand????

i like my sand it grey sand from seachem , i dont think you can find anymore in the store .

 

[asianlatinremix]

looks like everything will be fine...As opposed to dosing the vodka to keep everything under control, I suggest mixing you a huge batch of saltwater, to handle the ammonia spike (it shouldn't be a very large spike.) Check your ammonia levels about every 2 hours...once you notice it starting to rise, do a 50% water change. You LR will handle the rest.

i dosed . everything seems to be OK . rates 5 but I'm sure it OK ammo at 0 rite 0 ph8.0 everything opening up. now i just need to putty everything in.

 

[RR-MAN]

If possible do not use the old sand. Once you move the sand it screws up everything.

dont use the old sand????

i like my sand it grey sand from seachem , i dont think you can find anymore in the store .

Over time you have detritus build up in the sand bed and when you move it, imagine all the fish poop and other waste that comes out of the sand.

 

[Tempset]

I wouldn't dose vodka on a fresh setup.

Water changes. Water changes. Water changes.

As far as the sand goes, I'd remove all of it from original tank, seperate 2-5 lbs of it into a bucket.

Throughly rinse ALL remaining sand using tap or hose water(contains chlorine which will kill harmful bacteria). Once fully rinsed to a "near new" status, place clean sand back in tank. Give clean sand 2-5 hours to clear up & then add old sand.

Place old sand in drinking glass and use it to make little piles of live sand all around the sand bed.

$0.02

 

[asianlatinremix]

I wouldn't dose vodka on a fresh setup.

Water changes. Water changes. Water changes.

As far as the sand goes, I'd remove all of it from original tank, seperate 2-5 lbs of it into a bucket.

Throughly rinse ALL remaining sand using tap or hose water(contains chlorine which will kill harmful bacteria). Once fully rinsed to a "near new" status, place clean sand back in tank. Give clean sand 2-5 hours to clear up & then add old sand.

Place old sand in drinking glass and use it to make little piles of live sand all around the sand bed.

$0.02

thanks . everything seem to be doing great . everything open up. .