Moving my shrimp tank

Shroob · Post by **Shroob** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:12 am

Hello,

A situation has come up, where due to building works I have to move my shrimp tank. I will be moving it to another room in the house, where it will probably remain there.

I thought I would post here to see if anyone has done this before or could offer tips on how to do this the best way possible.

My plan is to remove as much water as I can first, then when the water level is low I will put all the shrimp I can find into a bucket which will contain the bogwood, plants and sponge filter. I will then empty out the last of the water double checking for any shrimp.

When the tank is in the new position, I will half fill it with water, add the shrimps, bogwood, plants and filter along with the saved water, then proceed to top up the tank with tap water.

Would this method be ok?

Many thanks

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:52 am

If the tank is small enough, and the weather not too cold, you can leave about 2" of water int he tank and it will be fine. That makes take-down and set-up easiers. If it is colter you should put them in a cooler so they are not exposed to the cold.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:53 am

Hi Shroob,

First of all how big is the tank? badflash is right about handling a smaller sized tank. I would also try to save as much of the removed water so that you can add it back to the tank after the move. This will help retain the water chemistry and maturity.

Best wishes and let us know how it works out.

wskurdahl · Post by **wskurdahl** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:15 pm

when I had to move my 20gal CRS tank I just drained it down to about 2 inches so I coudl carry it out. I saved all the water in 5gal bottles and the just put the water back in after I moved the tank. I didn't see a single loss.

Shroob · Post by **Shroob** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:04 pm

The tank is approx. 30 gallons (36"x12"x15").

Thanks for suggestions so far.

EDIT: I'm in the UK, its winter over here, I don't know the temperature where you all are but its not exactly warm.

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:24 pm

It is colder here than there. If it is not below freezing and you can get some help, draining to 1" will work. If these are red cherry, don't worry about the temps as they can stand near-freezing. If some other variety, use the cooler to move them.