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Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / September 2005Lifting Tank
Hi My son recently deposited his tank and fish to be looked after by my wife and myself. He brought all of the bits and pieces including what looked to be a sturdy table for the tank to stand on. I have noticed that the top layer of the table is beginning to be punctured by the tank and need to lift the tank and slide a piece of decent thickness plywood in. I need to know how to achieve this as the tank only appears to be held together by beads of mastic. It is a 90 litre tank and is about 1500mm - 1750mm long. Any advice appreciated. I also need to look at the water because the growth of algae has suddenly increased. Nitrates are at around 30ppm and all other levels such as pH, Ammonia & Nitrites are fine. Advice appreciated as I know very little about looking after fish. BTW, the fish are Malawian Cichlids. TIA Ian 90 Liters..... That's about 23 gallons..... 198 lbs plus gravel. Wow! I've moved a few 10 gallon tanks, uneventfully with this method: A typical water change can be 25-33% so you can safely discard about 1/3rd the water volume. IMO 50% is the maximum water change a person should perform. Make sure you are well versed on changing water, method will be a bit more critical at this volume. There, almost 100lbs (50%) gone. I always use a piece of plywood of at least 1/2" (13mm) thick, slighly bigger than the base of the tank. On most tanks the side glass is sandwiched between the front and back panes. Grasp the tank on the end about midway so that when you apply pressure to lift, you will be compressing the front and back panes into the side glass. Don't worry, you're not lifting anywhere close to the remaining 100lbs. You only have to lift it enough to have someone slide the edge of the plywood under the tank. Rest, wait for the water to quit slopping an' go it again. You should be able to go about 6" each time. The tank will slide onto the plywood once you reach halfway. Make sure you push at the base of the tank! Anyhoo, two people can lift the tank on the plywood to move it. Installation is the reverse of removal :) And if your luck the fish will spawn with all the fresh water! | | | | front | | back | | | | press here --> |---------------| <--- and here /\ L notice that the side glass is sandwiched between the front and back. if yours is not build like this, grab it from another side. Don'tcha just love text art? Hope this helps..... Oh, moving a tank by yourself sucks... Don't try it. Aw, poo. the formatting messed up my little picture. This is where a plastic garbage bin is your friend, get your peice of board ready, disconnect the tank heater and the air stones , filters ,etc, and syphan out most of the water, leaving a couple of inches , above the gravel, Then lift one end of the tank and slide the board under, slide the tank onto the board slowly, so the water does not slop from end to end, then push the board back onto the table, replace the water, reconnect everything, Total time , about 10 minutes. Your fish might not like it, but it will do them no harm, and there's no stress due to being chased and caught in a net. bassett > Aw, poo. the formatting messed up my little picture. |
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