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sumer
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 Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:27 am Post subject: Shifted The Tank Successfully.. |
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being an engg. student i am planning to shift to a new place as my current landlord isnt happy with my aquarium hobby, my two sweet Golden retrievers and some of my lewd activities.. 
i am currently living in third floor.
i will remove the fishes from the tank but there are some amano shrimps also.so how to remove them..??
and i definitely dont want to mess up the scape.
being on the third floor there are about 60 steps that are to be climb down and being a poor man my landlord couldnt afford the lift.
below it there is a thermocol of 20mm and below it is a plywood of 6mm.
here is my tank-
plz suggest me some ways so that i can easily shift my aquarium... |
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:32 am Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank...  |
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and as you can see my tank has consumed and digested as well 4x9 lts of soil+1 bag nile sand of 8 kg...  |
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Lawrenze
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:24 am Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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I don't see any other option other than stripping the tank and transporting it  You will risk breaking the bottom glass even if its just the tank with substrate...
Rgds |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:39 am Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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If your new home is near... 
1. Remove the water up to 90%.
2. Ring your some friends.
3. With the the help of them, transfer to new place. |
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garfield1967
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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| Sad that you will have to strip the tank and redo it all over again, but I guess there is no other option. Nice congos! |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:20 pm Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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| Stripping the tank is the only option buddy. Even with only the substrate, you risk breaking the bottom glass and also risk the plants drying out by the time you fill it again. |
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shah2002
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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nice tank you got there!  |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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strip it...  |
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alpha91
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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You must be a really rich engineering student 
If you have enough manpower, after emptying it 90%, you may try to slide it onto a piece of plywood, and then try to move.
However i am just thinking out loud. and i may be wrong |
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Hamza
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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Consider it an opportunity to rescape your tank again....Try out a better scape now...
Completely strip it down, pack the plants and substrate nicely, clean the tank, shift the stuff.
Likewise you can avoid a lot of tension and you might have other things as well to take care of than just a planted tank. Once everything settles down you can fully concentrate on the tank. |
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sumer
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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@ Shubhankar- No no man its not like that..
you dont have any idea what sort of mess i did to earn money for my Magnum Opus...
i cleaned many tanks, raised discus babies,worked in an aquarium shop just for having my tank as reality...
and even my parents dont know about my hobby... 
@ Hamza...
i have a plan in my mind by which i think the relocation can be done without breaking the bottom glass....
just hope it works.. |
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garfield1967
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:05 am Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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just hope it works..
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You wanna risk it??  ..well, lets know how you did it , if it works... |
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Lawrenze
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:33 am Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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I would also be eager to know as to how you manage to do it I guess, you can carry it with the stand with a LOT of help
Rgds |
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sumer
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:43 pm Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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| ya Lawrence something like that ... |
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Lawrenze
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: how to shift a 40G heavily planted tank... |
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Well, all the best...keep us posted on how you manage to get it done
Rgds |
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