Moving Large Tanks

[txfatcat]

I have a 135 and a 75 that have been up and running for some time now.  The down side is they are full of fish and in my 135 I have two pairs oF Black convicts that are ready to breed any day now plus another pair that is guarding some newly hatched fry. I need to move these tanks to my new place this weekend and I am looking for advice on how to make this move as painless as possible.  I was thinking of buying a bunch of 5 gallon buckets to drain the water into and then putting the fish into once of these for the move. I would then move the tanks and then set them back up with the water I have saved in buckets. i am thinking that i only need 50 percent of the water for each tank. I wouls also load the sand and gravel from each tank also. The move is only about 15 minutes away so it would only be about and hour or more before I started setting them back up.  Will this work or is there some things I should be aware of or look out for? Because I am moving them in this fashion is there a chance of the tank cycling again?

Just looking fo anyones thoughts or opinions on this. Surely i am not the only one who has ever had to move tanks with live fish before.

thanks in advance
Chris

[rrocket2002]

Re: Moving Large Tanks

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Raul

[txfatcat]

Re: Moving Large Tanks

Thanks for the link. After reading it, I think my plan will work.

Chris

[szidlon]

Re: Moving Large Tanks

I see I'm not the only one moving fish this weekend.  My particular circumstances do not require that I be out of the house I'm in at any particular time, but, I did promise the movers the big tanks would be drained and ready to move.  If you, or anyone you know has cats, the big cat litter containers can be very useful in moving fish.  You can easily put a hole the plastic top for an airline if needed.  If you have any sponge filters going you can use them to re establish your tanks when you set them.  I'm planning on changing the look of my tanks when I reset them up an will cheat and use seasoned filters and Bio-Spira.

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Moving Large Tanks

I think the main thing is to somehow keep the beneficial bacteria in the filters alive.