transporting my tank...yikes...

[cybersymes]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

there i was...off work for a week with flu...
thinking everything was stable and fine...

after five days in bed reading and feeling yeuck...
my wife/bambino and i took a short drive...

BANG...found some fantastic houses on the coast...
really close to the sea with tremendous views...
high ceilings...double fronted...victorian splendour...
if we're lucky we could afford a fixer-upper...

so it looks like i might have to relocate my fish-scape...
about eight miles away...

any tips...

 

[SoleilReine]

NoDelta had a great post a while ago about a major move:

http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/showthread.php?t=28882

He also moved a shorter distance recently:

http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/showthread.php?t=32673

And by the way, may I just say that I hate you...a huge house on the coast of Ireland has been my dream for as long as I can remember

 

[prettypleco]

I am happy for you. I hope you get your dream home. My husband's family is from Kerry, Ireland. I believe it is south-west. Higgins is the name. Anyway, i have heard stories from his family about your beautiful country. We hope to visit some day.

I live in a 106 year old Victorian. It is on the coast of the "sea of madness" here in New York. [ Erie canal, Lake Erie ].

 

[cybersymes]

thanks for the link...i'm sure it'll be the bizz...

as for the move to the amazing coast of antrim...
we're not there yet...
[but we are putting our own house on the market this month...]

if it works it will indeed be fantastic...
that is a beautiful coastline...
and the road up it is great for driving...
the glens are stunning...and the views...breathtaking...

it'll be a heap of work...but worth it in the end...

 

[cybersymes]

chears pp...
kerry is indeed fantastic...
we are further north...and our coast is WILD ...

 

[Ramirezi]

I can tell you what not to do as I did in the move I made:
Don't Leave the gravel in the tank. All I had to do was to set the tank down in the moving trailer and it snapped the bottom and one side I did not have to worry about the tank the whole trip it was already broke.

 

[cybersymes]

I can tell you what not to do as I did in the move I made:
Don't Leave the gravel in the tank. All I had to do was to set the tank down in the moving trailer and it snapped the bottom and one side I did not have to worry about the tank the whole trip it was already broke.

wow...that's well scary...
that leaves a lot of fishies without a home for a while...
i'll be keeping that in mind for sure...

 

[Lotus]

Is yours an acrylic or glass tank, cybersymes?

I would advise taking everything out, bagging the fish, putting the stuff in a bucket and setting it all up again on the other end.

Many people say the tank should either be the first or last thing you move.

 

[cybersymes]

Is yours an acrylic or glass tank, cybersymes?
I would advise taking everything out, bagging the fish, putting the stuff in a bucket and setting it all up again on the other end.
Many people say the tank should either be the first or last thing you move.

cool lotus...my tank is glass...
i had thought to bag the fish as that's how they come from the lfs...
and i thought that i would move it last...
i hadn't thought of moving it first...

i'll see when the moment appears...i think last might be best...

thanks as ever for the info ...

 

[Seleya]

Just remember to keep everything wet. The fish can go in one bucket (covered, they slosh like crazy in a car) with enough water to keep them wet but not so much that it's going to go all over the place. The gravel in another one with water, plants and miscellaneous goodies in one more with the filter media. Dechlor the new water before adding it to the tank. Fast the fish for a couple of days before moving them -- there'll be less waste in the bucket and they'll travel better. (you may want to let them settle for a day or two before feeding also) Watch your levels for the following couple of weeks just in case something needs to play catch up. Then, it'll be just like performing a 90% water change.

 

[cybersymes]

Just remember to keep everything wet. The fish can go in one bucket (covered, they slosh like crazy in a car) with enough water to keep them wet but not so much that it's going to go all over the place. The gravel in another one with water, plants and miscellaneous goodies in one more with the filter media. Dechlor the new water before adding it to the tank. Fast the fish for a couple of days before moving them -- there'll be less waste in the bucket and they'll travel better. (you may want to let them settle for a day or two before feeding also) Watch your levels for the following couple of weeks just in case something needs to play catch up. Then, it'll be just like performing a 90% water change.

cool seelie...fasting the fish...good idea...

i'm going to bag the fish in monster plazzy sacks...
and transport them in 9gall[imp] buckets...[i have 4 of these]...
good reminder on the wet gravel...
i had thought to keep the media wet...

and with all my bigg buckettz...
i guess my major water change will be around 50%...

as if moving wasn't a bigg enough hassle...ah well ...