mrpooley

Am currently setting up a new 5' tanka nd went to mitre 10 to find a fitting for the hole in the bottom of the tank overflow but couldnt find anything sutable. Anyone know a good place to get fittings and pvc piping etc?? Thanks

You should be fine to move the tanks and set up again if you are not moving too far and you can get it done in 3 - 4 hours. You must try to keep at least half of the tank water and get some containers to transport this that are manageable when full of water. With the other half of the tanks water it is best to use this to wash the gravel before you set up the tanks again or you will get very cloudy water until it all settles again. Keep the filter media wet also. get a some fish bags and a polystyrene box from the pet store of use a chilli bin for the fish. good luck

Thanks for all the tips for rhe move and big thanks to Chimera for the loan of all the buckets!! So got everything moved on saturday. Took a little longer than expected as the tank wouldnt quite fit in the ute i was using so had to hire a trailer. Plus the wheather on Saturday was pretty crap! Encounterd a couple of problems 1- the tank was moved into a downstairs room with a lower ceiling stud, and wouldnt you know the lighting frame for the halides couldnt be ajusted low enough to fit! so have to get that modified, so using some fluros in meantime 2 - After everything was setup, temp right, salintiy etc, i found a leak in the overflow fitting that drains into the sump and has been leaking water between the poly sheet and the tank. So will have to drain the tank again and install new fitting and new ploy sheet. May also get a new tank when i do this. So have moved the fish into a smaller tank for the meantime with a power head, some live rock and a heater. They are eating fine and seem healthy. Hope they will survive ok until i can get the main tank fixed up. Nohings easy!!

Chimera That would be great if i could burrow those containers. I bought some in the weekend but think i will need more. There is one really massive anenome in the tank, not sure of the name!! But its budding a lot of smaller ones near it that are still quite big so mayb eyoud like one for the loan of the containers? Is it correct that all live corals should be moved in separate containers and the water then disgarded from those containers due to toxins etc?

Hi everyone I just found out about this forum, wish i had known about it before!! I have just bought a 5 ' marine tank. You might have seen it on TM. Includes 2 x 15w 10k halides, skimmer, chiller.. Has many anenomes, leathers etc and 4 fish. A damsel, butterfly, blue tang, cant remember the other one. Im planning on moving this in about 2 weeks and would love some advice on the best way to go about this as ive never moved something like this before. Wont be moving it too far, will probably be a 30 min drive max. Ive kept marines before but fish only tanks. If anyone could help me out with the do's and dont's of moving a reef tank that would be great!! Thanks very much