Fish Tank In Van

[demonmagus]

Hi, I need some help on how to get a 6ft tank to sstay stll in the back of a van. How should I load it in?

Thanks

 

[kakihara]

Hey, as long as you're not gonna have fish in it then you should be ok ... you aren't are you?

Get yourself a crapload of duvets and pillows from your house and put one of them (the duvets) inside the tank, while wrapping the other one around the tank itself, you'll have to position the pillows around the tank in such a way that they will stop the tank moving about the place.

Try to make the tank as comfortable as possible

 

[Fishkeeper2004]

Like kakihara said, make sure you pad the tank up well. To stop movement, use kakihara's idea of using matresses/pillows etc, but make sure all of the space in the back of the van is taken. This will keep the tank movement down to a minimum, and you should be fine transporting it to it's new destination.

 

[demonmagus]

so stuff the back with blankets is what you are saying?

 

[voo]

Make sure the tank can't move forward/backwards.

 

[Qays]

and drive slowly. steer clear of humps

 

[Fishkeeper2004]

so stuff the back with blankets is what you are saying?

Yes, if you use up all available space, there is no way the tank can get damaged (Excluding Reckless Driving! )

 

[ImperfectFaerie]

I agree with the blankets- here's what's helped me with tanks/my glass coffee tables in the past. Tons of blankets and I also use my couch coushins to prevent movement/soften the jostle. If there's any way that someone can ride back there with it that'd be a good added precaution. Good luck!