Moving House

[beesnees]

i am writing this for my boyfriend as he is useless, basically we have a jewel 180 fish tanks and we are moving in 2 weeks only moving 10 mins away so hopefully fish wont get stressed. Our biggest concern is lifting the fish tanks as its so big, my boyfriend was on about buying a whole new fish tank for the move but really dont have that kind of money they must be some way we can transport wiith at least half the water in it cant be that heavy can it thanks

 

[Nina]

The easiest thing to do is get some bags from the fish store, bag up your fish and put them in poly boxes (hopefully your LFS will let you borrow some). Empty the water in to containers and then move the tank empty.

keep the filter media wet to avoid any die off.

When you move to the new house, set everything back up straight away and put the fish back in.

The useful baterica is in the filter media but by using the same water it should already be up to the right(ish) temp and the fish should be fine.

The fish tank should be last out of the old house and first thing in (and setup) in the new house

EDIT: because I can't spell

 

[CFC]

Never try and lift a tank with any ammount of water in it, at best you will seriously strain your backs as water is heavier than it looks and at worst the weight will split your tank open like a paper bag.

This should help http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=129060

 

[davys]

Beesnees,

I also moved house 2 years ago with a Juwel 180. As cfc said, don't attempt to move the tank with any water in it. For my move, I did keep the gravel in the bottom and for the water, I bought 10 x 1 gallon water holders from my local outdoor store - the're designed for keeping water in when camping, but are just as good for keeping a quarter of the water from your Rio. They have screw-on lids, and come flat when you buy them.

The fish were transported in a huge platic bucket used for fermenting beer - they were fine in this from mid morning until late afternoon - just keep a towel over the top to keep the heat in. Keep the filter material wet in a separate bucket and you should have no prob with water quality when setting up again in you new house. Good luck!

 

[mr.dark-saint]

Unplug everything and get the stuff (Buckets, Jugs, Cooler and Collander) this should've given the heater enough time to cool to tank temp. Now net the fish in the cooler with tank water. Drain the water in to 5 gallon jugs (enough to equal half or more of the tank gallons). Then bucket the gravel by using a collander so the mucky water remains in the tank (don't hose off the gravel). Now drain the rest of the mucky water and at this point you can hose the tank (just the tank). Move and fill the tank with the jugged water (now use the jug to treat the tap water) and fill 3/4 of the way. Now put water and fish in to the tank from the cooler. If you still need water use the rest of the make up water. It'll be like 50% water change . Don't forget to turn on the electronics.

 

[beesnees]

thanx very much all the advise is useful i will let you all kno how the move goes

 

[my fat fish]

Never try and lift a tank with any ammount of water in it, at best you will seriously strain your backs as water is heavier than it looks and at worst the weight will split your tank open like a paper bag.

Tell me about it i got a spare 4gal tank i use for heating my water up ready for the water change and incase i get a sick fish or pregnant 1 and it is still very heavy with only 4 gallons in... so i imagine a bigger 1 would be impossiable 2 acually carry and if you could u would snap you backs