Moving my 120 gallon

[rush]

In your initial post you stated that you were going to leave one inch of water.... Even with one inch of water, it could be pretty tricky.

I was not trying to imply that you were leaving the tank full of water. That would be impossible to move.

Lol yes impossible

Yes the one inch of water I decided not to go through with it.

I am hoping I wont lose to much with the move. I wonder if I would be better off selling everything and starting from scratch at the new place or just sticking with my original plan

[leemay]

I just moved in sept.
I lost all sps and most lps looked very bad but are starting to come back.
Also lost two fish and shrimp!

Next time I move i will try to sell as much as possible!

It would take some pressure off and give you time to get your tank/system set up the way you want.

Good luck with the move.

[rush]

Ok thanks for the info. I am still debating. I do not really want to sell off all the Livestock. We will see

[White Lightning]

I don't think that's necessary to sell everything off. Most LPS and any softies should be fine granted they have flow and an appropriate temperature while in the rubbermaid. My suggestion would be to move the tank and livestock very last. That way as soon as you get there you can begin working on setting it back up. This will minimize the amount of time spent in the rubber maids.

My only concern would be all the disruption to the substrate during the move. No doubt you will probably suffer some losses but hopefully it's minimal. If you think about selling off the livestock, you would only really need to sell the corals and fish. The liverock and equipment would not be an issue.

Decisions....decisions.....

[rush]

I think I will discard of the substrate and buy all new sand, no risk losing stuff over $40 worth of new sand

I will just have to give my sand sifters away

[chunkofocean125]

Ill be paying close attention to this post. Me and the wife will be moving in about a year and a bit if things go good.
Thats why im not going crazy with the corals yet. I was thinking of something for your move.
What if ud get urself those rubbermaid containers but get urself some pvc pipe , elbows and tees  and make urself some rows going end to end of the container if u know what i mean(like a shoe rack).. That way there u can rest ur rocks with corals on two parrallel pvc pipes stoping them from moving around. You could have two rows x 2 - 3 levels high in each bin.

[rush]

Ill be paying close attention to this post. Me and the wife will be moving in about a year and a bit if things go good.
Thats why im not going crazy with the corals yet. I was thinking of something for your move.
What if ud get urself those rubbermaid containers but get urself some pvc pipe , elbows and tees  and make urself some rows going end to end of the container if u know what i mean(like a shoe rack).. That way there u can rest ur rocks with corals on two parrallel pvc pipes stoping them from moving around. You could have two rows x 2 - 3 levels high in each bin.

thats a good idea, i was thinking of something similar with egg crate

[chunkofocean125]

thing is is that with egg crate ur still stuck with a flat surface. With the pipes, ur rock is only touching two points on the rock. Basicly ur rock is sitting and hanging if u know what i mean. Less rock surface contacing. Once u fill the tub, the rocks wont swish around this way either. they'll just stay suspented on the pipes.

[Bob P]

If your corals are not overly huge, bag them individual.
Pack in cheap styrofoam coolers, Ray likes to
get rid of his shipping coolers.
Hot packs are great. They come half way around the
world that way. A couple days travelling, rough handling.
Keep your substrate, or at least half to seed new stuff.
Leave it in the tank, just covered in water and cover
with bubble wrap or an old towel held with a few
small live rocks to minimize sloshing.Also insulates a bit.
Bucket most of your water if you can. When putting water back in,
place a big tupperware bowl on the bottom surrounded with
a few rocks, pour water in bowl and let it overflow slowly to
minimize stirring sand bed. Use some new water at higher temp
every few pails to force overall temp up faster. reload, and enjoy.
I've moved about 6 or 7 tanks basically like this with no losses.
You just might be up all night to get it done. LOL
Good luck.

[rush]

I am not sure if it worth keeping the old sand. The new sand will seed in in no time with the LR.

Does not take long, I would rather not risk it.

[Severum]

Try giving your sensitive corals to a fellow reefer to take care of until your tank is fully set up and stable. For a reward you can break off a few frags for them.

It will be much less stressful during the move.

[rush]

Try giving your sensitive corals to a fellow reefer to take care of until your tank is fully set up and stable. For a reward you can break off a few frags for them.

It will be much less stressful during the move.

I would keep my corals in a rubbermade with heater until the tank is up and running. It will be kept in the water it is used to. That way I dont have to acclimate them to someones else tank and then again back to mine.

I hope to have the tank moved, set up and stable within 2-3 hours. Once temp is at normal and i run a few tests for ammonia and nitrate, and make sure salinity is good I will then add them back to their home