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View Poll Results: How far have you moved your aquarium and fish? | |
100 - 500 miles.
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500 - 1000 miles.
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Over 1000!
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11-10-2005, 06:25 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
Posts: 7,330
     |  How far have you moved your aquarium?
How far have you moved your aquarium?
I once moved mine from NYC to Chicago in 2 days in the hatch of my Honda Civic. Everything made it! 800 miles!
Tips:
Coolers, double bag fish with extra water and air from an oxygen tank from your local fish store, wet towels on rocks to keep them damp, and try to bring at least some of original tank water if you can. Watch the temp in the car. May need heat packs.
Last edited by Matt Rogers : 11-10-2005 at 06:33 PM.
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11-10-2005, 06:43 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brookfield, IL Age: 32
Posts: 334
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Luckily I haven't had to yet! _________ Your #1 Source for Fauna Marin, GHL/Profilux, ZEOvit & Hagen Products!
Specializing in Rare & Exotic Animals  "Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true." -Leon J. Suenes | |
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11-10-2005, 07:24 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pickering Ontario Canada Age: 35
Posts: 32
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I've moved mine twice....i managed to keep all the water....
i had to rent a Uhaul but made it with no problems.....i only moved mine 150 km...lucky i guess...
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125 galon all glass tank with built in over flows,35 gallon sump,3 175w 10k metal halides,2 40w actinics,1 40w 50/50,90 lbs of live rock,3 inch sand bed | |
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11-11-2005, 03:37 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Posts: 58
Karma: 24
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I had a frogfish, bought in Florida, and hauled him up in a cooler to Connecticut, a bunch of years ago. When moving, or removing from tank temporarily, I swear by thick plastic bags. Lost some when I put them in rubbermaid. Won't EVER do that again!!! | |
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11-11-2005, 04:42 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM,New_Mexico
Posts: 6
Karma: 1
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I need to move mine over about 3 feet. Still debating if it's worth the move.
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75 gal. glass. 2-175W MH. 4-65W PC. 2-40W NO actinics. 75 wet dry. 100lbs. LR. 60lbs. LS blue mushrooms, flower pot, bubble coral. Yellow tang, hippo tang, sail fin tang, true percula, fire fish, yellow wrasse, dragon golby.
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11-11-2005, 05:32 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
Posts: 1,294
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Moved it twice when I was in the Navy. Once from Connecticut to Virginia and then from Virginia to Florida. I kept the fish in a cleaned kitchen 20 gal waste bucket, it's tall and skinny so it fits behind the car seat. I put an battery operated air pump in with the fish. Everything made it.
I didn't have any corals back then..
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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11-11-2005, 07:40 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 335
Karma: 62
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Moving mine 3 miles down the road in late March/Early April when the new house is done. Not far to go, but still nerve wracking! | |
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11-11-2005, 08:04 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Tyler, Texas
Posts: 643
Karma: 95
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I moved mine around 110 miles from the Dallas, Tx area to Whitehouse,Tx. I had hired someone to breakdown the tank, move and set back up the tank. Even though he did almost all of the work it was still nerve racking for me. We used 2 pick up trucks, mine and his. Everything made it just fine. Had the fish is big tubs and buckets (had 26 fish) and kept those areated until we put them on the truck. 200lbs of live rock were kept in tubs of water as well as all of the coral. I kept all of the water from that tank and then had extra water waiting from the lfs.
Cindy
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12 gl Nano reef and 120 gl reef,fish,coral; 160 lbs. of LR, 250 lbs of LS. Aqua C EV 180 skimmer,&PC lighting. A new 44 gl sump/fuge (to be installed). Regal Tang, Yellow Tang, Foxface, 2 Lyre tail Anthias, 2 Blue-Green Chromis, Clarki Clown, Coral Beauty, Spotted Hawk Fish, Pink spotted goby,Open Brains, Crocea Clam , Mandarin, Skunk Clown, Huge BTA and lots of LPS. | |
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11-11-2005, 08:05 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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Never really moved it but changed the stand a couple months ago and lost a fish, occelaris clown. but i will probebly be mooving next summer so ill see how that goes...
Marc. _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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11-11-2005, 02:04 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 853
Karma: 122
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You know its funny thing you posted this right now. I got layed off last week and am moving to Vancouver Washington this month. I have 2 full 55 gallon reef tanks to move. I have arranged to keep all my livestock at Woodys Seahorse shop in Portland. He is a big LFS and has agreed to house my pets for a while. I am moveing all this stuff next week. It will take me 3 trips to move my stuff 300 miles. I have those big long white coolers to put the bagged up fish and corals in. I will put the liverock in 35 gallon rubermaid cans with water. Do you think my liverock will have much dieoff if I move them in these cans in the back of my truck while its 30 degrees. With the windchill factor the water may get really cold!. I thought about using gallon milk jugs full of hot water floating in the trash cans with the LR to keep the temp up. What do you think????
Jay
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60 Gal Acrylic, 30 Gal Acrylic, 55 Gal Glass.
Remora skimmers, 440 Watts VHO URI's. Mag canister for carbon. 90 Pounds liverock, 100 pounds live sand DSB, Flame Angel, Coral Beauty, Clown Percula, Royal Gramma, Domino Damsel. Pulsing Xenia, Devils Hand Leather, Frogspawns, Torches, Hammers, Fox Corals, Gorgonias, Various Zoanuthus, Favietes, Toxic Green Star Polyps. Candy Cane corals, Purple Indica. | |
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