Advice On Moving A Tank Please

[frapadoodle]

What horrid news. My condolences to you. Have a good cry for both of us.

 

[Ch4rlie]

 
Am sorry Akasha.

 

[Akasha72]

thanks guys. Still upset and angry with myself for not keeping a closer eye on her. I have no idea how long she'd been on the floor but she was solid so probably a while.
 
If anyone hears or see's any of these beautiful fish for sale in North Yorkshire please tell me. I'm hoping to find my boy a new mate ... if he will accept a new mate

 

[jag51186]

I'm so sorry for your loss!!

 

[Akasha72]

thanks Jag. Been a few tears tonight but some of that is just the stress finding a way out 

 

[jag51186]

I can't wait until everything is back to normal for you!! I can't imagine going through that either, I told my wife when we got my eighty gallon that we were never ever moving it!

 

[Akasha72]

You now what is the best idea - and I've been thinking about this for the last few days...
 
When you buy a tank go and buy some large flooring tiles too and set down the flooring tiles on the floor and stand the tank on them. If you ever need to change the rest of the flooring it can just be fitted up to the tiles and then the tank never has to move. It's something I wish I'd done now. 
 
Hopefully this new carpet will last the same length of time as the old one (13 years) and hopefully the only way this tank ever has to move again is if I end up moving home completely

 

[Akasha72]

I've just checked the ammonia and nitrite on the Rekord (where all my stock are squashed in) and all is great. Zero Ammonia and Zero Nitrite so they are fine to stay in there a little longer. From what I can see they seem okay. Looking a bit misrable but I can't see no dead bodies so that's a good thing

 

[frapadoodle]

Knocking on wood with crossed fingers.

 

[Akasha72]

me too!! I did risk dropping in a tiny pinch of food ... nothing for the cories though or the plec. He's a waste machine and the cories are well chunky ... it's the new baby harlequins that might suffer lack of food as they've not got fattened up yet. I'm also worried that the angels might start seeing them as food if I starve them

 

[Akasha72]

the new carpet is down and it looks lovely. I've taken a photo but can't find my camera lead to upload it!! Doh

 

[frapadoodle]

Oh happy day!
Life can begin to take a turn back to normal for you.

 

[Akasha72]

not so fast.
 
 
I was refilling the tank and I got a bit over enthusiastic and there was a noise from the base. Not a crack or anything but I'm terrified now that I've damaged the base. I've filled it up to the line and now I'm sat watching the tank for the next couple of hours with fear and dread right through to my boots. The water level hasn't moved for an hour so I'm hoping that's a good sign.
 
Roughly how long would it take for me to see a leak if I've created one?

 

[frapadoodle]

Depends on how much of the silicone has let go, or if there is a crack. But if it was a crack it would blow in less than an hour.
Gaps in the silicone could be gushers or pinhole drips. Keep an eye on it and keep us posted.
You don't need any more worries.

 

[Akasha72]

well I've had just 3 hours sleep worrying about it. I napped on the sofa next to the tank until 12.30am then went to bed. Woke up at 3.30am and came and checked the water level - not moved. After that my brain woke up and I've layed in bed worrying I've broken my tank and stressing about how much is still to do without factoring in that I might have to drain my tank, borrow some money and go shopping for a new one in a hurry!!
 
It's now 7.30am, the dogs been out and I'm sat on the sofa next to the tank and the water level hasn't moved at all. It looks like I've got away with it.
 
What started this is I have a small wickerwork basket with 2 small drawers in that sits on the top shelf in the middle of the stand. When I went to put it back last night it was a tight fit and I don't remember it being that snug before. My Dad came rushing round to me in a state of hyperventilation and he thinks it was just cos everything was settling down. After a bit the basket seemed to slide in and out much easier but it had me worried that I'd cracked the base and the reason the basket was a tight fit was because the top of the stand was taking in water. If that was the case the water level would be going down and it isn't so hopefully worrying about nothing...
 
Not to mention the sleepless night over nothing!!