Moving a tank

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txksigep69

Hello all
I am brand new to sw and I am thinking about buying a used tank with the livestock and all . I've tried searching for this and have found some help but still nervous.
How do you go about safely moving everything thats alive and then setting it back up. Equipment wise I'm not so worried about. The drive is going to be about an hour one way.
Any help is appreciated.
 
110 Gal DAS with a 40 gal refugium, protein skimmer , Its for sale on here in Denton I live in Arlington. I havent bought it yet . Going to look at it tomorrow. My wife is real skeptical about buying used so I am trying to get as many answers as possible .Livestock is
1 Perc Clown
1Gramma melacara "Black Cap Basslet"
1 Purple spotted goby
1 diamond goby
1 Large cleaner shrimp
and a bunch of snails and hermit crabs
Fire Flame Algae
Watermelon zoas
45 lbs of live rock
a ro unit
 
I am assuming there is sand in the tank? If so, consider getting new sand and just save a few cups of the old sand in a ziploc bag. Sometimes the sand bed can release a lot of nasty stuff when it gets stirred up.

Keep the live rock covered up in damp saltwater in buckets or with damp paper towels or newspaper.

Are you planning on moving the existing water or using new water? Regardless of which one you go with, mix up a bunch of extra salt water in advance and have it ready at your destination. Try to match the parameters of the new saltwater as closely as possible to the existing water (temperature, salinity, pH, etc.).

Depending on how long the livestock with stay in bags, you may want have a tub with water in it (like the extra water you made to have on hand), a heater, and a circulation pump or two in there ready for them as it can take some time to setup the equipment once you get where you are going. I bought a larger sized fish once that I placed in a bucket for a 1.5 hour drive. By the time I got home, it was already at the top of the bucket gulping air. Unless you can bag the livestock and then pump pure O2 in the bag, I'd consider getting a battery powered air bubbler and using that in the buckets for the livestock. Speaking of buckets and containers, have some extras on hand. I like the Home Depot orange colored "Homer" buckets with the O-ring sealed lids to help prevent spills.
 
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