DARTMOOR
Community Member
This is not exactly a new build thread, but considering I'm about to tear down my 180 display (450 gallons total volume with basement fish room sump) and move it to a new house, I suppose I can treat it as a build thread.
Let's just say I'm beyond nervous about what's about to happen, since I've never moved a tank this big before. I wanted to upgrade to a bigger tank since I have to break everything down, but since I'm on a time constraint with having to get everything out of the old house and into the new, I decided to stick with the same 180 Marineland, and actually downgrade in size in terms of the sump. I currently have a 250 Gallon tank in the basement fish room plumbed in as my sump but to keep the move and maintenance a bit more simple for now, I'm stepping down to sump under the stand, the good old fashioned way and no official fish room. Just a water making and mixing room.
Its Wednesday evening and the tank move is happening Saturday morning. I'm open to all the tips you guys can throw my way please.
My plan is this, and again please I'm open to suggestions.
Saturday morning:
Try to catch the fish in the display tank and move them along with the coral and inverts to the basement sump tank, which I will have to re-plumb into a closed loop system. This will allow for me to move the tank display tank to the new house and plumb the sump and spend time on aquascaping in peace, without having to rush it due to trying to keep the fish alive in 5 gallon buckets.
Saturday evening:
Fill the tank with as much water as I'm able to transfer over from the old house in two 75 gallon containers. Let is run overnight to clear up the water and let the sump do its thing to get the cloudy water to settle down from the new live sand and freshly added water.
Sunday morning:
Go back to old house, and catch the fish and coral out of the massive sump tank, place in buckets and transfer to the new home and into the new tank.
Then the real fun begins of dissembling the fish room and all the plumbing, ventilation hoods, and equipment. ZERO excitement about that part.
Let's just say I'm beyond nervous about what's about to happen, since I've never moved a tank this big before. I wanted to upgrade to a bigger tank since I have to break everything down, but since I'm on a time constraint with having to get everything out of the old house and into the new, I decided to stick with the same 180 Marineland, and actually downgrade in size in terms of the sump. I currently have a 250 Gallon tank in the basement fish room plumbed in as my sump but to keep the move and maintenance a bit more simple for now, I'm stepping down to sump under the stand, the good old fashioned way and no official fish room. Just a water making and mixing room.
Its Wednesday evening and the tank move is happening Saturday morning. I'm open to all the tips you guys can throw my way please.
My plan is this, and again please I'm open to suggestions.
Saturday morning:
Try to catch the fish in the display tank and move them along with the coral and inverts to the basement sump tank, which I will have to re-plumb into a closed loop system. This will allow for me to move the tank display tank to the new house and plumb the sump and spend time on aquascaping in peace, without having to rush it due to trying to keep the fish alive in 5 gallon buckets.
Saturday evening:
Fill the tank with as much water as I'm able to transfer over from the old house in two 75 gallon containers. Let is run overnight to clear up the water and let the sump do its thing to get the cloudy water to settle down from the new live sand and freshly added water.
Sunday morning:
Go back to old house, and catch the fish and coral out of the massive sump tank, place in buckets and transfer to the new home and into the new tank.
Then the real fun begins of dissembling the fish room and all the plumbing, ventilation hoods, and equipment. ZERO excitement about that part.
