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08-08-2007, 03:27 AM
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I moved my FOWLR 75g across town and had no problems but had the advantage of being able to have 80-90g of fresh heated SW available at the new house. Another plus, I was able to do it a few days before the house move so had lots of time. Really would have complicated things if I had to pack the couch etc at the same time.
Drained about 25g of the original tank water into 5g pails (one for fish). Put the LR into large plastic tubs, covered with tank water. Caught the fish and placed into one of the 5g pails. Was going to scoop up the top inch of the DSB to re-establish the new but decided to go BB so didn't bother. Drained and cleaned out the rest of the tank. Once at the new place, set the tank back up, got it leveled then added the water from the pails, placed the LR, topped up with the SW I had waiting. Drained quite of bit of the water from the one pail with the fish then added water from the tank to acclimatize. Once acclimatized, added fish to tank. Topped the tank back up with the remaining mix. 
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08-08-2007, 03:52 PM
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Thank you everyone for your replies. Luckily I am only moving 5mins away. Is it really necessary to get new sand??? What happens if I keep my existing sand? Is my tank going to cycle again?
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08-08-2007, 04:06 PM
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lots of waste from fish and what not settles into the sand bed and if you mix it up it releases into your water.
so if you can drain pretty much all the water except for a few mm over the send bed and then put the water back in without mixing the send bed up then you will be fine.
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