How to swap cabinet to another stand

[bliss01]

How to shift a running tank from a cabinet to another stand..
The tank is filled with 9kg of soil, dw , plants, lots of moss and live stock..
How can can i move it with minimum disturbance.
Any help appreciated!...Thanks for viewing..

[stillife]

Yo bro.....I think the easiest way is to ask David Copperfield or Blaine to assist you.

Just kidding.....I think you may like to consider removing your livestock temporary to a smaller tank or container using the existing tank water and add some existing plants with them.

Try to syphon out the water from tank to pail...or big tub. (Make sure you wash it clean and soap free). Then shift your tank to stand and transfer back your water and livestocks.

I feel it's quite risky to move your tank with water and substrate..etc filled. The tank may crack if you did not handle properly. You may not want to take such risk.

Just a thought.

[tawauboy]

stillife has provided good suggestions.

how big is your tank?
before moving the tank, you'll need to reduce the weight as much as possible.
draining the water and remove anything that is easily removed would be help a lot.

[Shadow]

Yo bro.....I think the easiest way is to ask David Copperfield or Blaine to assist you.

Thats a good one

9kg of soil, I guess your tank probably around 2ft. Anyway, regardless your tank size, your scape will be a mess if you move with water still in it.

[AquaObsession]

9ks soil inside. I think you can empty water to bare min level, and move the tank. It is not that heavy.

Cheers, Christophe

[patricc]

2 ft shouldn be a problem even with the load... but 3 ft and above better pray hard hard and look for help....

[bliss01]

stillife has provided good suggestions.

how big is your tank?
before moving the tank, you'll need to reduce the weight as much as possible.
draining the water and remove anything that is easily removed would be help a lot.

Its a 2ft..

Yo bro.....I think the easiest way is to ask David Copperfield or Blaine to assist you.

Just kidding.....I think you may like to consider removing your livestock temporary to a smaller tank or container using the existing tank water and add some existing plants with them.

Try to syphon out the water from tank to pail...or big tub. (Make sure you wash it clean and soap free). Then shift your tank to stand and transfer back your water and livestocks.

I feel it's quite risky to move your tank with water and substrate..etc filled. The tank may crack if you did not handle properly. You may not want to take such risk.

Just a thought.

Haha.. David Copperfield old already maybe got lao hua yan might not be able to see the shrimp flys

[gene]

Oh i shifted mine before. Just empty almost all the water. When i did mine the plants, fishes, moss wall were still inside. They survived the process but aligning the tank on the styrofoam will pose a threat. Haha so better to get a helper.

[bliss01]

Thanks all who have reply to the thread.. shifting done with the help of my gf.... Everything went smoothly.

[stillife]

Hooray! Congrats....to you.

So the magic touch is from your gal.....cool.

cheers!