nikkifro8994
Fishaholic
I'll be moving 350 miles away, about 7 hours drive, on Thursday. I'll be taking my 10 gallon saltwater tank with me. In the process I'll be upgrading to a 12 gallon tank. This tank has 5 pieces of live rock, 1 small ocellaris clownfish, 1 red hermit crab, and 10 turbo snails. I have an aquaclear 20 filter and a heater. I'm adding a DIY refugium made from an aquaclear 30 filter case when I set up the new tank.
I did read that I should either throw out the old sand or clean it very well. I'm thinking I'll toss the old sand and just purchase new sand. Much easier and much less time consuming.
The current plan:
Mix 10 gallons of water before the move (I'm using 2 5 gallon buckets. 5 gallons are done, the other 5 will be mixed as soon as I can get some more salt. Store opens at 10 am)
Fast fish for 2 days before move (Done)
Place an airstone in the tank for 24 hours before the move (More oxygen in the water = less stress on the fish, right?)
Get 5 gallon bucket and lid from the hardware store
Put rock and livestock in bucket with old tank water and an internal filter (already on hand)
Plug equipment into car adapter (internal filter in livestock bucket and airstone in all 3 buckets)
Drive to the new house
Set up the tank (stand, filter, heater, lights, refugium)
Add most of old water (leave enough for fish to swim ~6 inches)
Add rock and new sand
Fill with new water
Drip acclimate fish/inverts
Add fish/inverts after minimum of 2 hours of dripping
Feed fish
Go to bed!
The tank will be the last thing in the car and the first thing in the new house. That way the fish/inverts are in the buckets for the least amount of time possible. I'm leaving around 12 pm and will arrive around 7 pm. I should have the fish in their new home between 10 and 11 pm.
I did read that I should either throw out the old sand or clean it very well. I'm thinking I'll toss the old sand and just purchase new sand. Much easier and much less time consuming.
The current plan:
Mix 10 gallons of water before the move (I'm using 2 5 gallon buckets. 5 gallons are done, the other 5 will be mixed as soon as I can get some more salt. Store opens at 10 am)
Fast fish for 2 days before move (Done)
Place an airstone in the tank for 24 hours before the move (More oxygen in the water = less stress on the fish, right?)
Get 5 gallon bucket and lid from the hardware store
Put rock and livestock in bucket with old tank water and an internal filter (already on hand)
Plug equipment into car adapter (internal filter in livestock bucket and airstone in all 3 buckets)
Drive to the new house
Set up the tank (stand, filter, heater, lights, refugium)
Add most of old water (leave enough for fish to swim ~6 inches)
Add rock and new sand
Fill with new water
Drip acclimate fish/inverts
Add fish/inverts after minimum of 2 hours of dripping
Feed fish
Go to bed!
The tank will be the last thing in the car and the first thing in the new house. That way the fish/inverts are in the buckets for the least amount of time possible. I'm leaving around 12 pm and will arrive around 7 pm. I should have the fish in their new home between 10 and 11 pm.
