Help, Moving Tank To Decorate

[paula]

Hi im a lurker more than a poster but your always great for advice so here goes,

Im decorating the living room soon and i need to move the tank to another room (3ft)for abou a week, how
do i go about it?
do i emty 3/4 of it and carry it and then put the water back in ?

 

[cane76]

dont leave any water in the tank otherwise it could crack the bottom,i would even remove the gravel if there is a lot in there.
bag up your fish,drain all the water into a clean dustbin,bag up the substrate,move the tank then put the gravel back in then the water then the fish

 

[paula]

Thank you cane!

 

[Callum]

i wouldnt reccomend the dustbin though but a large bin (uncontaminated) would be ok

 

[emmzer]

take it from one that knows...my ex smashed out tank a few months ago due to being impatient..he couldnt wait for me to empty the tank fully...we had a 2.5 foot, i wanted to catch all the fish but he said leave 1/4 of the water in it as catching moving will stress them, believe me, 4 hrs later, 15 rescued fish, shingle all over the floor and laminate that needed ripping up, was enough to teach me that if i ever move a tank, EMPTY IT FULLY, FISH, GRAVEL WATER ETC!

 

[cane76]

i did say a clean(uncontaminated) dustbin didnt i?you learnt the hard way then emmz