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re: Moving Planted tank to new house
Randy said:
Can anyone give me some advice as in what is the best way to move
a very heavily planted tank half way across town.
my tank is a 60 GAL. tank 3 SAE. 6 Otocinclus, 6 panda cory's
and so many plants you almost cant see the bottom.
My biggest concern is the fern's growing on the driftwood.
I recently moved a 48 gallon tank that was heavily planted. I was only
moving across town. I used my python to siphon about 1/2 of the water into
large sterilized plastic garbage pails. I then decided that it was best to
take the plants out in order to get at the fish, so I stored all plants,
rocks and driftwood inside the garbage pails to preserve the bacteria and
plant health. I then caught all of my fish and placed them in another of
the plastic garbage pails.
When I got to the new place, I replanted all the plants after having put in
1/2 of the water from the pails and then pouring in the rest of the
conserved water. I then used my python to top the tank up from the tap
(using conditioner of course!). I then put the fish in. I didn't lose a
single one!
Grant Miller
grantmiller at home_com