55G and almost 125g

[Victory652]

Hello All! I currently have a 6 month old 55g aquarium! And This weekend I will be moving a 125g 6y/o working mature reef tank to my house. Helping out a neighbor who is wanting to get out of the hobby. Any tips for moving that much water. Only 6 fish but a ton of coral is coming with it. My current idea is to take a 96 gal trashcan. Clean it out and line.it with some new construction trash bags for just moving the water. Tubs and 5 gal buckets for fish and coral obviously. Thoughts or tips?

 

[lapin]

96 gallons of water is very heavy.

 

[Razorp]

You shouldn't have to move that much water, majority of your good bacteria lives in the substrate and rock. Unless your mission is to not have to make 100+ gallons of water (which I fully understand), I would try to move less. Maybe 50 gallons, which will still weigh roughly 450 pounds.

 

[Victory652]

You shouldn't have to move that much water, majority of your good bacteria lives in the substrate and rock. Unless your mission is to not have to make 100+ gallons of water (which I fully understand), I would try to move less. Maybe 50 gallons, which will still weigh roughly 450 pounds.

Yeah I don't want to make 100g of water if i don't have to but trying to move that much water is very difficult haha I want to move that much because I want less stress on the livestock when going back into the tank.

 

[Razorp]

Yeah I don't want to make 100g of water if i don't have to but trying to move that much water is very difficult haha I want to move that much because I want less stress on the livestock when going back into the tank.

I understand that 100%! Good luck, i hope its not as tough of a job as it sounds

 

[Victory652]

I moved the whole tank! It was a massive job. I think I ended making 80 gals of water but I got a 20 gal container that I used for mixing so not as bad as 5gal buckets haha. Water is still clearing up! Took 2 full days to move it then replace pipping and get it going again.

 

[Razorp]

I moved the whole tank! It was a massive job. I think I ended making 80 gals of water but I got a 20 gal container that I used for mixing so not as bad as 5gal buckets haha. Water is still clearing up! Took 2 full days to move it then replace pipping and get it going again.

Holy cow man! What a job! Great work!

 

[Victory652]

Everything in the tank is health and happy haha Working now on cleaning it out!!