transporting established tank help please

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nicholasdances;4981785; said:
try to save as much water as you possibly can in buckets! dont want ALL new water!
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Why? What is the point of saving allthe water? The only thing I could see as a reason to save old water is if the fish have been living in nitrates so high that going from 100+ ppm to 5 or 10ppm would shock the fish. For now, let's assume that the OP does weekly water changes and his/her nitrates are respectable
 
My bad Mavrick I was responding to creepyoldguy I thought I quoted him but I guess I went to quick reply instead. Anyways I was just reponding to his post, your method would work fine the wood would serve the same purpose as the stand. Only thing to becareful with there is to make sure the tank don't slide off woops lol

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creepyoldguy;4981821; said:
Why? What is the point of saving allthe water? The only thing I could see as a reason to save old water is if the fish have been living in nitrates so high that going from 100+ ppm to 5 or 10ppm would shock the fish. For now, let's assume that the OP does weekly water changes and his/her nitrates are respectable
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I agree don't really see why people advise this seeing how there will be very limited amount of benifical bacteria in the water. Only time I could see this being of use is if he was tryiing to cycle a new tank or was replacing his substrate because then all the benifical bacteria he could get would be helpful but this is not the case here.

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Eel- I agree w the plywood method too. Better be safe than sorry! Im just staying if you're careful you'll be fine for a quick move.

For the water thing, I think that's just an old myth that's been around.
 
Saving water is useless. Bacteria that supports the bio load of the tank lives in the filter media and other surfaces in the aquarium/setup.
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This is totally wrong. We move tanks professionally at work. Move as much water as humanly possible to avoid shocking your fish. Not bringing the water is like doing a 95% water change on your tank.

Also, don't move the tank with gravel, and especially not wet gravel. If you carry the tank at anything other than perfectly level, the weight of all that gravel and water will press against one side of the tank. You can damage or break the silicone seal. Put the gravel in a bucket with water.

I move a lot of tanks, we just did a 220 full blown reef set-up. Fortunately you live close. This how to do it...

-Get a clean 50 gal garbage can, or a couple smaller ones. Put the water in there.
-Put the fish in one, if you're worried use an air pump
-Get everything out of the tank
-Carry tank and stand over, with as much water as you can bring.
-Level them properly. Add water and gravel back.
-Fill with as much old water as possible. If you're fish are used to weekly 50% changes like mine, you can get away with bringing half.
-Get filters heaters going
-Bring fish over in buckets, acclimate in case of temp difference and add to tank
-Leave lights off
 
SimonL- maybe your tanks at work have too high of nitrates that using old tank water is necessary to avoid shock. If the OPs tank and yours for that matter have nitrates at a reasonable range then going from 30 to 10 or 5ppm will not shock the fish at all. Youre not eliminating anything but nitrates when doing this, just like doing a water change. All bacteria lives on surfaces not water column. So as long as the nitrates arent trough the roof the op will have no prob

Although not done professionally I have used this method several times And has worked sucessfully each time. I've even had fish spawn.
 
SimonL- maybe your tanks at work have too high of nitrates that using old tank water is necessary to avoid shock. If the OPs tank and yours for that matter have nitrates at a reasonable range then going from 30 to 10 or 5ppm will not shock the fish at all.
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These are peoples tanks in general. You do realize there are other things in the water? Like Ph, hardness, various chemicals, etc. What if the tap water ph is different for example?

If you actually believe that, I'd love to see you post a video of doing a 99% water change on your tanks. Unless the fish are used to it, you'll likely stress/kill everything.
 
Simon I'm not trying to argue with you or disrespect you in any way but could you explain yourself on this one. If your ammonia nitrites are both 0 and your nitrates are 40 or below and you don't have fish that are very sensitive or trying to cycle a new tank or changing substance how will this benifit the fish?

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You guys realize there's far more to water chemistry right? Ph and hardness are just as important, and big shifts can kill fish just as quickly.

Like I said, if you really believe that, do a 99% water change on your tanks and see how much your fish like it.
 
Lol your a quick responder anyways I've done this before with no ill effect no more stress then me taking out all decor and doing weekly water changes.. I don't see how its any different then buying a fish from the LFS and putting him in your tank

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