New carpet - how to tear down the tank?

schnebbles · 12/30/2016, 05:48 PM

This sounds like a hassle! What's the best thing to do? I wish I could just carpet around it!

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davocean · 12/30/2016, 06:02 PM

Tank size might help for best advice, but usually you can just drain tank into brutes and probably slide it to where you need it, then pump water back in, may need to pull rock too depending on size and setup/scape

billdogg · 12/30/2016, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by davocean

Tank size might help for best advice, but usually you can just drain tank into brutes and probably slide it to where you need it, then pump water back in, may need to pull rock too depending on size and setup/scape

What Dave said. I moved my 60g cube from the living room to the study in all of 45 minutes. I left the rock and sand in place. Me and a buddy picked up the tank, the wife dragged the stand to the new location and we set the tank down. Refilled it and tossed the fish in. Nothing to it.

schnebbles · 12/30/2016, 08:57 PM

only 40g - just sounds like a pain!

GoVols · 12/30/2016, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by billdogg

What Dave said. I moved my 60g cube from the living room to the study in all of 45 minutes. I left the rock and sand in place. Me and a buddy picked up the tank, the wife dragged the stand to the new location and we set the tank down. Refilled it and tossed the fish in. Nothing to it.

+1

Like this: "the wife dragged the stand" (priceless)

billdogg · 12/31/2016, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by GoVols

+1

Like this: "the wife dragged the stand" (priceless)

Well, since I couldn't convince her to help my buddy lift the tank............

kaz1961 · 12/31/2016, 08:22 AM

Take out enough water so that you can lift one side. Put two of those sliders from Home Depot under the corners, repeat for the other side. You can then easily slide the tank out of the way. I did this with a 75 gallon with no problem. Or you can do like my Father-in-law did and just have the new carpeting installed around the stand. You would never know the carpet doesnt go under the stand. Just be sure you keep the tank there for the life of the carpet!

Cliving1 · 12/31/2016, 08:37 AM

You can drain the water into a brute container or something with wheels. Move the water and tank to temporary or full time location and refill.

WatDatThing · 12/31/2016, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by billdogg

Well, since I couldn't convince her to help my buddy lift the tank............

Sk8r · 12/31/2016, 10:47 AM

We put down laminate, same problem, with a piano, a credenza, a 50 gallon and a 105 gallon all of which had to move. The tank and stand alone on the 105 weigh 800 lbs.
First thought we'd hire local (not chain) movers to come out and position the items on the stripped floor, then have them come back to put them on it.
Then two ladies decided to diy the job.
Solution: a really strong (not pot-metal or tube-steel) dolly, something that could move a fridge or stove---the thinnest plywood sheets they sell at home depot---and several Brute containers with pump. (They sell bottom rollers for Brutes).
We drained the tanks down, leaving fish in, but removing most rock and corals to Brutes.
We used a dolly to lift the edge of a tank to slip glides under it in several places: hint: 3 people doing this would be safer, so as not to have a tank tip over.
We slid the tank to the hard surface side of the floor, off the carpet, which we had cut up, and finished the floor in that area. (rewatered the tank in the interim and used air pumps in the waiting coral bins) Then we laid down a piece of that highly flexible plywood and used it as a micro-ramp to get the tank back up onto the new floor.
WOrked like a charm.

Most carpeting operations use tape to butt two carpet pieces . If you speak sternly to the carpet layers and bribe them, they can lay pad and carpet on one side of the room, take a break while you reposition your tank onto the new carpet, then resume work on the floor when done.
Here's a photo of our larger tank in progress. You can see the thin plywood ramp, and the tank and stand have just been moved back onto the new laminate floor.

schnebbles · 12/31/2016, 07:22 PM

Thanks everyone! I never thought of those sliders.

Sk8er - that was a great idea!

Denbf58 · 01/01/2017, 09:41 AM

you don't want carpet under the stand anyway. carpet around and save the piece for later

12/30/2016, 05:48 PM	#1
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12/30/2016, 06:02 PM	#2
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	Tank size might help for best advice, but usually you can just drain tank into brutes and probably slide it to where you need it, then pump water back in, may need to pull rock too depending on size and setup/scape __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

12/31/2016, 10:47 AM	#10
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	We put down laminate, same problem, with a piano, a credenza, a 50 gallon and a 105 gallon all of which had to move. The tank and stand alone on the 105 weigh 800 lbs. First thought we'd hire local (not chain) movers to come out and position the items on the stripped floor, then have them come back to put them on it. Then two ladies decided to diy the job. Solution: a really strong (not pot-metal or tube-steel) dolly, something that could move a fridge or stove---the thinnest plywood sheets they sell at home depot---and several Brute containers with pump. (They sell bottom rollers for Brutes). We drained the tanks down, leaving fish in, but removing most rock and corals to Brutes. We used a dolly to lift the edge of a tank to slip glides under it in several places: hint: 3 people doing this would be safer, so as not to have a tank tip over. We slid the tank to the hard surface side of the floor, off the carpet, which we had cut up, and finished the floor in that area. (rewatered the tank in the interim and used air pumps in the waiting coral bins) Then we laid down a piece of that highly flexible plywood and used it as a micro-ramp to get the tank back up onto the new floor. WOrked like a charm. Most carpeting operations use tape to butt two carpet pieces . If you speak sternly to the carpet layers and bribe them, they can lay pad and carpet on one side of the room, take a break while you reposition your tank onto the new carpet, then resume work on the floor when done. Here's a photo of our larger tank in progress. You can see the thin plywood ramp, and the tank and stand have just been moved back onto the new laminate floor. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

01/01/2017, 09:41 AM	#12
Denbf58 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: selden N.Y. Posts: 885	you don't want carpet under the stand anyway. carpet around and save the piece for later __________________ Life is good Current Tank Info: 75gal reef ready koralia 3, 30g sump, 4b 48" t5s lighting, 29g reef with breeding pair clowns 55g reef 55g freshwater

12/30/2016, 08:57 PM	#4
schnebbles Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 475	only 40g - just sounds like a pain!

12/31/2016, 08:22 AM	#7
kaz1961 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 191	Take out enough water so that you can lift one side. Put two of those sliders from Home Depot under the corners, repeat for the other side. You can then easily slide the tank out of the way. I did this with a 75 gallon with no problem. Or you can do like my Father-in-law did and just have the new carpeting installed around the stand. You would never know the carpet doesnt go under the stand. Just be sure you keep the tank there for the life of the carpet!

12/31/2016, 08:37 AM	#8
Cliving1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1,923	You can drain the water into a brute container or something with wheels. Move the water and tank to temporary or full time location and refill.

12/31/2016, 07:22 PM	#11
schnebbles Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 475	Thanks everyone! I never thought of those sliders. Sk8er - that was a great idea!