Moving Tank!!

Eric Noa · 10/01/2010, 03:13 PM

I have a question for people that have done something similar to this before. At this moment I have a 65g tank setup in my living room, its been up for a year now and I have decided to upgrade to a 220g tank and unfortunately that only place I can put it is where my 65g tank is right now. I wanted to know if there is any possible way that I would able to lift my stand with tank and everything in it (water, rocks, sand, fish, etc) and move it to another part of the house while the 220g tank is being setup. (I could probably take some water out to decrease the weight and then just put it back in)

I was thinking I could maybe screw some pieces of 2x4's to the sides of the stand and then use some sort of jack to raise the tank and insert two heavy duty Dolly's so that I can carefully move the tank from where its currently at. The tank will probably have to be lifted about 4 to 6 inches from the floor in order to insert the dolly. Would this be possible? Do you guys have any other better ideas?

I want to do this because I want the new tank to cycle properly before transferring all my livestock to the tank.

Here is a picture of the tank before it was setup.

bnumair · 10/01/2010, 04:07 PM

well moving the tank with everything in it has several things that can go wrong with it. to start with as u drag and stop it will cause waves that will over flow the tank tops. secondly it will cause pressure points to where it may even break the glass or crack due to too much force or pressure. thirdly if a rock falls in a way it hits the glass it can break ur glass as well. my best opinion for u to do is to empty water atleast for pushing the whole setup to where u want it and then put water back in. if its still heavy to push then u may even have to take rocks out. my best bet.

Eric Noa · 10/01/2010, 04:39 PM

Thanks... I know this is really not the best way to go but I just wanted to see what you guys had to say about it.

10/01/2010, 03:13 PM	#1
Eric Noa Moved On Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 782	Moving Tank!! I have a question for people that have done something similar to this before. At this moment I have a 65g tank setup in my living room, its been up for a year now and I have decided to upgrade to a 220g tank and unfortunately that only place I can put it is where my 65g tank is right now. I wanted to know if there is any possible way that I would able to lift my stand with tank and everything in it (water, rocks, sand, fish, etc) and move it to another part of the house while the 220g tank is being setup. (I could probably take some water out to decrease the weight and then just put it back in) I was thinking I could maybe screw some pieces of 2x4's to the sides of the stand and then use some sort of jack to raise the tank and insert two heavy duty Dolly's so that I can carefully move the tank from where its currently at. The tank will probably have to be lifted about 4 to 6 inches from the floor in order to insert the dolly. Would this be possible? Do you guys have any other better ideas? I want to do this because I want the new tank to cycle properly before transferring all my livestock to the tank. Here is a picture of the tank before it was setup.

10/01/2010, 04:07 PM	#2
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	well moving the tank with everything in it has several things that can go wrong with it. to start with as u drag and stop it will cause waves that will over flow the tank tops. secondly it will cause pressure points to where it may even break the glass or crack due to too much force or pressure. thirdly if a rock falls in a way it hits the glass it can break ur glass as well. my best opinion for u to do is to empty water atleast for pushing the whole setup to where u want it and then put water back in. if its still heavy to push then u may even have to take rocks out. my best bet. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

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10/01/2010, 04:39 PM	#3
Eric Noa Moved On Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 782	Thanks... I know this is really not the best way to go but I just wanted to see what you guys had to say about it.