Temporary Move (new Carpet!) Advice Needed...

[MartinC]

Hi everyone,

I've been reading the forum postings about the best way of taking care of the fish tank when moving house, and the FAQs have been great help but I'm not actually moving house, but I'm having new carpets in the room where the fish tank is, so I need to move the tank albeit temporarily... and I'm not sure the best plan of action - I would welcome some advice from anyone who has done this before.

The Fish: It's a community tank, I've got 12 fish, a mix of Neons, Guppy's, (one Loach) etc - nothing particularly unusual.
The Carpet: The fitters say it'll take most of the day to do all the work, so I plan to move the tank (the night before) into another room, and then back to it's original place the following evening.

The plan so far: I thought I could empty 70% of the tanks water into a barrel, to allow me to move the tank bag up the fish - and move them into the next room (perhaps put the water and the fish back in the tank? *shrug*) then reverse the procedure when I'm moving the tank back. It's literally 30 feet from one room to the next, but obviously the tank isn't moveable when full.

Anyone done this before? I can bag the fish up for the day, no problem, but I'd rather not have to chuck the water and start from scratch.

Thanks!

- Martin

 

[rabbut]

SAve 50% of the water, so you can skip aclimation at the other side of the move, catch the fish and drop them into the container. Get you filter and heater out of the tank and add them to the bucket. Get them running again while you empty the rest of the contents out of the tank. Don't attempt to move it with decor in, as this will stress the seams and possibly caurse a leak It's the filter that is matured and that processes the waste, so it needs to stay wet at all times. Letting the filter dry out would be disasterous. You can do a 90% waterchange with no ill effects, if the filter is kept wet
At the other end, get the tank decorated again. Add the saved water and fish to the tank, then transfer the filter and heater. Top off the lost water, and pretend that that's your weekly waterchange. If you have to loose more than 50% of the water, bag the fish and aclimate them as you did when you bought them from the fish store

HTH
Rabbut

 

[waterdrop]

And even though the main thing is to keep the bacteria in the filter under water all the time, also be aware that the sooner you can get the pump running again so that the bacteria get fresh water, oxygen and ammonia from the fish waste, the better. ..Does not mean to rush but just don't let any interruptions cause you to leave it not running for a many hour or overnight period.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[julioarca]

I have invented a system that will be a godsend to anyone needing to move a fish tank or any heavy object. Its an anti-gravity gun..simply I fire a ray at the object and it floats on the floor enabling you to simply push the object as if it were like a feather.

I currently am working on a molecule shift shaper...this wil work similar to the transporter on Star Trek except that you wont need to put the object into the machine but simply fire a ray and decide where you want it to move to, then reverse the settings and puff, it reappears in the new place.


OOOOOPPPPs gotta go men in white coats appeared...

 

[MartinC]

Hi, thanks for the replies everyone... ! I'll let you know how I go on. The tank-moving will be a week today!

 

[rabbut]

Hi, thanks for the replies everyone... ! I'll let you know how I go on. The tank-moving will be a week today!

Good luck. Where are my manners, I forgot to say to TFF

All the best
Rabbut

 

[MartinC]

Thanks
Can I just check - can I catch the fish, bag 'em up, put (say) 90% of the water into a barrel (or barrels), then quickly move the tank upstairs and re-add the water (noting that I need to care also for the plants, filter etc) - re-add the filter and plants then fish - perhaps topping up the water for temperature purposes? Is that okay?

 

[rabbut]

yes, moving is fairly simple compaired with setting up. When done properly it doesn't require too much work either

All the best
Rabbut

 

[MartinC]

Hi, just wanted to thank you all for the advice/tips... the 'move' went very well - apart from the loach who wouldnt come out of the ship. Now, for the move back! ;-)

Thanks