Large fish bin?

[jklntx]

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I have moved 75 gal from one room to another and moved them into a larger tank without removing all fish and water from tank with excellent results. It turns into a water change. I remove all the interior decorations, driftwood, rocks, etc. I remove water into buckets and put my larger fish into them. I then remove water into buckets leaving the tank about 15% full. I use furniture moving sliders that I fit under each of the 4 corners. Lifting isnt too bad as someone only needs to lift about 1" while someone slips 1 of the sliders under the corner. If necessary you can position the slider next to your foot and move it into place while you (if you can)  lift the corner. Then I just push the tank out of the way put the new tank in, unconnect fiters from old and reconnect, refill with storage water and fresh and return removed fish.

Some prep prior to make room for the moved tanks may need to be done and you will need to get to the 4 corners, but if this is feasible its rather easy.

[rrocket2002]

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From what I understand they moved these tanks full, unless I misread.

Raul

[geoff_tropheus]

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Traci,

I moved my 150 with fish and about the last 4" of water in the tank all by myself, I got tired of waiting for Raul to come over :P

It can be done but it would be much easier with another persone helping you.

Traci if you guys need help ever again, I dont know how much those movers cost you, but cold beer works pretty good for most people in this forum. :wink:  

[rrocket2002]

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Or cold Dr. Pepper!

[Zulaab]

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I am good at supervising...  I even bring my own drinks...  (just looking at big tanks makes me think of what I could do at my place)

[fishlady]

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man am i glad to read this thread.....how about several tanks???....just one big one...135....the rest are smaller......beer's good....can do that....dr pepper's too....as for you zu....i would be the supervisor darlin.....hehehehehe....yeppers i'm going to remember this thread ...in fact just printed out to hold for posterity.... :wink:

[imagirlgeek]

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The tanks weren't full...but still had about 10" of water in them, all the fish, and all the sand.  I'm still floored that they were able to move them like that...

Geoff -- 'where there's a will, there's a way'...that's for sure!    I did the same thing with a 150 a couple of years ago...got tired of waiting for help, so just decided to move the dang thing myself!  8O  I learned my lesson from that overtaking.

Hopefully there won't be a next time, but in reality there will be.     And I'll keep you guys in mind for that one.  We just figured with this being a week night and our need to go ahead and get it done, we'd hire movers.  We needed them to get it from FRII to the house anyway.  I'm pretty sure that beast wouldn't have gone in the back of the Jeeps.  

Either way, these guys were not that expensive and did an excellent job.  But I imagine it'd be more fun with you guys, beer, and Dr. Pepper!

[imagirlgeek]

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Oh!  And I forgot to mention...the movers pretty much thought we were nuts once they got to the house (you know...those 'crazy fish people'), but by the time they were leaving, one of them was asking all kinds of questions about how much a 55G would cost and what type of fish he should get!  

[fishlady]

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it's sooooo infectious.....hehehehehe......pass it on i say......

[szidlon]

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It will be interesting to see what the movers think when they get to my house to move me tomorrow 8O .

I'm making it easy for them, the only ones the movers are moving are the 105, 75, two 32 hex's and the 35 bowfront, I'm moving all the smaller ones myself a couple at a time.  I told them I had a few aquariums that would be drained, but didn't go into any detail  :whistle:

From what I see about the GHAC meetings I think the movers are going to cost me less than buying beer for a bunch of fish buddies. Not nearly as much fun, but I've read about much some of you can put away  

Next time I'm selling everything, tanks and furniture, and then repurchasing, seems like it would be a lot less work!

If they run out of room in the truck, the furniture will just have to stay here  :evil: , but my tanks are moving tomorrow come hades or high water.

[imagirlgeek]

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I forgot to post what I ended up buying to hold water!    

4 - Rubbermaid 56 Gallon gray plastic storage bins.  Home Depot has all their storage stuff on sale right now.