Moving 55 4'

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koh the face stealer

Jack Dempsey
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Do I really need to empty all the water and remove all the fish? I have a spare 36 gallon aquarium and two 5 gallon buckets to save as much water as I can but I really don't want to net everyone. Could I just leave barely enough water for the fish and have my big brother help me carefully move it to the adjacent wall it should have went to 3 years ago when I set it up?

Glass aquarium with convict pair, cae, ghostcats, lamp eye tetra.

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AquaticAustin

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This is a really bad idea. You will w.o a doubt put enormous stress on the seams and will permanently weaken them. If it doesnt break during the move it could leak anytime after that

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koh the face stealer

koh the face stealer

Jack Dempsey
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Jun 12, 2011
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AquaticAustin said:
This is a really bad idea. You will w.o a doubt put enormous stress on the seams and will permanently weaken them. If it doesnt break during the move it could leak anytime after that

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Enormous stress with 5" of water? I'll drain completely and net.

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AquaticAustin

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Yea thats 5x12x48 that's alot of pressure that will be unevenly distributed on the seams. Much safer to drain and move

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I picked up my 72 gallon with half the water in it and moved it 2 years ago and it's perfectly fine...


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Drstrangelove

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We all might be thinking different things. :cheers:

If you have something under the 55 (like a table top or stand or even a thick plywood board) and can move the tank while using the item underneath it, it's plausible to move it with minimal stress as long as the item underneath does not flex and the tank stays level. However, if you are lifting the tank itself, you risk stress on the seals.

I won't suggest that you can't do it with 40 pounds of substrate and 90 pounds of water. I just think it's an unnecessary risk. (Also, iifc, 55's are almost all tempered. Not sure if that matters, but there it is.)
 
koh the face stealer

koh the face stealer

Jack Dempsey
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Jun 12, 2011
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Arizona
I drained it all saving 46 gallons and replacing the missing water with new. All the fish were netted and put into the 36 gallon temporarily. The tank was on a stand. We lifted the stand. Put in the spot and I refilled and put the fish back in. Everything, so far so good. No signs of leaks and fish are acting as if nothing happened.

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