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Permalink Reply by Hmoobthor on October 14, 2011 at 4:06pm

the most important thing is your : biological media

 

make sure you keep this in a bucket of tank water and keep an air stone on it until you move that day and once u get there oxygen it back up. Keep 1-2 fish in there also.

 

As for the tank water....drain it down and fill up with new water in the  tank when u get there then run the biological media ASAP and move fish in after a few hour.

 

Keep all fish in bucket of tank water and air stone if possible.

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Permalink Reply by abraham avelar on October 14, 2011 at 5:26pm

ohhh ok so i dont really need to keep any of the water, ill be moving a 75 gallon tank from the living room to the family room

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Permalink Reply by Hmoobthor on October 14, 2011 at 7:25pm

where u going put all the water? in your car?  LOL

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Permalink Reply by abraham avelar on October 14, 2011 at 7:32pm

well igot some plastic containers ruber maid, and im just moving the tank from the living room to another room in the house

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Permalink Reply by Hmoobthor on October 14, 2011 at 9:03pm

lol...i thought we talking about the same thing..LOL

 

if thats the case...def keep all the water and put it back once u move the tank to your room.

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Permalink Reply by Balaam ramirez on October 14, 2011 at 11:11pm

Well I have a 3 gallon bucket and a 18-20ish gallon container. And I have been googleing and found out that most of the bacteria is on the decors in the tank and not in the actual water.  So I guess  just trying to keep alot of the water as too not shock my fish. 

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Permalink Reply by abraham avelar on October 14, 2011 at 11:30pm

Thanx for the help

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Permalink Reply by Brent on October 22, 2011 at 2:11pm

I moved my 125 gallon a few months ago. What I did was get some sterilite storage bins and fill them about half way with my water from the tank. I then put my fish in them for transport. I wan't really able to keep any water in the tank as it was too heavy. But I used 3 different sterilite bins and was able to keep around 50 or 60 gallons which is pretty good. This whole plan will work if you are just moving a short distance. I wouldn't try to keep your fish in the bins for more then a couple hours. I did all the tear down and set up in the same day so my filters were not affected. Hope this helps.

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