Moving house

[JenniferWarms]

Hi, I will be moving house in 2 weeks so the aquarium. I have a few questions about moving the tank.
It is a 80g with 15g sump. Few different types of fish, soft corals, LPS, anemones and invertebrates. I am moving house only 5 minutes drive(literally). My questions are:
Do I keep the old sand which I am able to transport inside the tank without even moving it?
Do I keep all of the water?
Live rock completely submerged in the water or just keep it damp, if so how?
Should I prepare the live stock in any way for move?
Things that should/shouldn't be done before move
THANK YOU!

 

[Aqua67]

I would only keep enough tank water to fill buckets enough to bring over all of your fish and corals. I would remove as much water as possible from the tank and keep the same substrate and everything. The sand should remain wet for the move as it will be difficult to suck out all of the water.

I’ve never kept a saltwater tank, so I can’t answer as to whether or not you should just keep the corals damp or if they should stay submerged in a bucket of tank water. I’d probably keep them submerged in the bucket, if that is possible. When you acquired the corals, were they submerged for the ride home or kept in water in their shipping box? Or were they just wrapped in wet paper and then bagged in plastic? However they were packaged up when you acquired them, that is how I would prepare them to move with them.

You can go ahead and put the water that you’re taking with you in buckets back into the tank when you get to your destination if you want, then prepare new water to fill the tank up the rest of the way.

Definitely keep your filter box and contents wet/damp.

You should be able to avoid the need for the tank to re-cycle.

Moving is so stressful, especially when you’re also moving such a massive aquarium with expensive contents. Soon the worst will be behind you.

 

[emeraldking]

Hi, I will be moving house in 2 weeks so the aquarium. I have a few questions about moving the tank.
It is a 80g with 15g sump. Few different types of fish, soft corals, LPS, anemones and invertebrates. I am moving house only 5 minutes drive(literally). My questions are:
Do I keep the old sand which I am able to transport inside the tank without even moving it?
Do I keep all of the water?
Live rock completely submerged in the water or just keep it damp, if so how?
Should I prepare the live stock in any way for move?
Things that should/shouldn't be done before move
THANK YOU!

Well actually, you've already mentioned the bigger part of what would be best to do. You don't need to keep all the water but if you can, why not reuse it?