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	Moveing a tank
MICHAELF Fingerling Posts: 17 Kudos: 6 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Apr-2006	i have to move my 55gal tank to have tile put down whats the best way to go about this?
Posted 20-Apr-2006 20:40
Patchy Enthusiast Posts: 224 Kudos: 195 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Sep-2005	best idea is to drain it
Posted 21-Apr-2006 05:00
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	I'm sorry, there is really no other way to move it other then drain it. The tank is about 500 pounds full, and it's also very dangerous to move full. So drain it in to tubs, leave a few inches in the bottom to keep the substrate wet. Dan
Posted 21-Apr-2006 06:25
swiftshark88 Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 143 Votes: 61 Registered: 17-Apr-2005	and be very careful, even with the substrate and that small amount of water on the bottom, the tank is still going to be pretty heavy, you dont want the bottom pane of glass to crack, which is your main fear. When you move it, keep everything level, that way the weight of the water and the substrate will not shift at all, putting more pressure on one area of the glass than another. Nick "Impossumable- unable to play dead"
Posted 21-Apr-2006 16:53
MICHAELF Fingerling Posts: 17 Kudos: 6 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Apr-2006	I can probably get a buddy to help me and after i drain it i can just slide the stand with the tank on it to keep from putting pressure on the tank.so save the water in buckets put the water back in after im done. so with the fish bag them and return them like i whould any other time?
Posted 21-Apr-2006 17:00
swiftshark88 Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 143 Votes: 61 Registered: 17-Apr-2005	you can bag them, but when my friend move his tank, (which was a little bigger) we used really big rubbermaid bins more like tubs, that held about 30 gal each to hold the water, and we just put the fish in there that way they're in their original water, and they have plenty of room, and there is plenty of surface area on the water for oxygen. they probably wont get as stressed. make sure that the bins or tubs you use are washed out before you put tank water in them. i'd suggest just spraying them down with warm/hot water. Nick "Impossumable- unable to play dead"
Posted 21-Apr-2006 17:04
MICHAELF Fingerling Posts: 17 Kudos: 6 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Apr-2006	now that i think about it that is how i moved my freshwater fish i put them in that little tub and put a air stone in there with them.
Posted 21-Apr-2006 17:46


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