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Pet Forum / Aquaria / General / July 2006Relocating a tank
My wife and I are moving and our tank is coming with us. I think I have this sorted. Empty the tank, fish go into bags, everything else, well that gets packed (probably in buckets). Save half of the water. Relocate everything. Get the substrate, then plants, filter and suchlike back into the tank... all good fun really (not, it's a 200 litre tank)... How well will the biological filter cope with being shut off for a few hours? Am I likely to have water quality issues post-move? Any other pointers to consider?  SignatureThe DervMan www.dervman.com >My wife and I are moving and our tank is coming with us. > >How well will the biological filter cope with being shut off for a few >hours? Am I likely to have water quality issues post-move? Keep the filter media wet in an open container (e.g. ice cream tub) so they remain oxygenated, and you'll probably be fine. >Any other pointers to consider? http://www.gorge.org/fish/moving.shtml covers my move. SignatureFlash Wilson - Web Design & Mastery - 0870 401 4061 / 07939 579090 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Work: www.wdam.co.uk Personal: www.gorge.org >>My wife and I are moving and our tank is coming with us. >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://www.gorge.org/fish/moving.shtml covers my move. That's a grand article (thinks: should add aquarium bit to my site). Like your good self we've moving around ten minutes, but, as you've said - wow what an adventure! SignatureThe DervMan www.dervman.com > My wife and I are moving and our tank is coming with us. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Any other pointers to consider? Do a gravel clean a couple of days before the move. Don't feed them 24 hours before the move Don't feed them as soon as the tank is set up. Keeps the 'muck' down. A drop of Aloe Vera in the water is good against stress. Dave > My wife and I are moving and our tank is coming with us. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any other pointers to consider? Okay, we moved the tank and it's been a couple of months. Physically moving the tank up each and every one of those twenty eight stairs was a pain. But we did it. The fish, well I underestimated how difficult it would be to get all of them netted up and I only had one net... but we didn't lose any. Tell a lie, we lost a Platy last week, but I don't think that was associated with the move. :) Thanks to everybody's help and tips. At the time and during the move, it was a real pain (!) and I was considering leaving it behind to sell on, but I'm glad we kept it. It looks great in the corner of our new living room! SignatureThe DervMan www.dervman.com |
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