Though I have limited experience, I recently moved my 75 gal tank a 5
hour drive away. I have fish, a few corals and an anemone.

I put all inhabitants in bags supplied by LFS.

I brought the bags back to LFS and they filled them with O2 for me.

They also provided styrofoam lined boxes.

I put live rock in buckets full of water.

In new location I had water ready.

I removed all water to just above the sand line

Moved the tank(extremely heavy with sand and water get a friend or 2).

Disassemble last and reassemble first.

I lost no livestock. Not sure if this is the best plan, or even a good
plan, but it worked for me. 2 months in the new place and all are still ok.



hawgdawg wrote:
Moving across town. 70g reef, live rock, a few fish and corals. Live sand
bed. I've moved tanks in the past with no live sand and plenty of rock and
re-established them without a noticeable cycling. Just put everything back
in the tank and it was ok. With the sand bed (and all the poisons that lurk
in the lower layers, as I understand it), can I do the same thing or do I
need to find a temporary home for the fish and corals?

Tommy