Changing tanks

[Metalhead88]

I never swapped a tank before, but I moved one about a mile in distance and had it all done in about 1 hour 15 mins

You can expect the same thing. What size are both tanks?

 

[kevfiz]

Small tank is 90 litres and new one is 145 litres. So basically get new tank set up and add the remaining water like a water change.

 

[Guppy10]

Hi, I need to this also and my plan is to put the water in a container, keeping the filter running ( 70ltre storage box or laundry tub ) throw in the heater from old tank. Remove wood and weeds then catch the fish and transfer over. Do the move over to new tank by transferring back over some water plus new treated water at the right temp ,heater, filter then add the fish back. This should result in no temps, filter issues and will in Essence will be a water change. Then decor can be done at my leasure. Even if I just throw weeds and logs back into the new tank for now at least algae etc will survive. With abit of forplanning I can't see a reason why it will take no more than hour. If you have a larger container available you could add fresh treated water to it before the move even starts as that will negate topping up new tank later. Good luck.

 

[seangee]

Hi, I need to this also and my plan is to put the water in a container, keeping the filter running ( 70ltre storage box or laundry tub ) throw in the heater from old tank. Remove wood and weeds then catch the fish and transfer over. Do the move over to new tank by transferring back over some water plus new treated water at the right temp ,heater, filter then add the fish back. This should result in no temps, filter issues and will in Essence will be a water change. Then decor can be done at my leasure. Even if I just throw weeds and logs back into the new tank for now at least algae etc will survive. With abit of forplanning I can't see a reason why it will take no more than hour. If you have a larger container available you could add fresh treated water to it before the move even starts as that will negate topping up new tank later. Good luck.

That sounds overly complicated. No need for an intermediate tank. Fill the new tank. Get the water temp right. Then transfer the fish and filter from old to new. The actual transfer only needs 10 minutes.

 

[Guppy10]

I'm assuming the new tank is going where the old tank came from,,,,, if this is so, how can you move a filled 145ltr into the place of a empty 90ltr without a intermediate tank ??