Moving an aquarium long distance

[alto]

When I have some time, I will post some pics of the move, if anyone cares. 🙂

been waiting

 

[Martin in Holland]

Rotala, wisteria are 2 of my favorites under the easy stem plant category.

 

[TallDragon]

been waiting

Rotala, wisteria ...

In fact you can of course remove the fish into a "dustbin" days before you move the tank.

Hi alto, and all others, here are pics of the move.
My day started at 6am, and ran till midnight.
I was armed with plastic boxes, and buckets, plus a near perfect paper box + wife's yoga mat.
While I was rebuilding tank, fish were in 'bin' with filter running, for nearly 5-6 hours, before I moved them into their new home.

I killed off some of the biomass, as I decided that I did not like marsilea hirsuta, it is too invasive. Also I did not put in the ridiculously algea infested rocks. (By the way, what is a good method to totally sanitize rocks of algea?)

Due to the biomass reduction, I disconnected one of the T5 tubes. I may be doing some crazy stuff, but I decided to not run the 64l tank with two 24W T5-s for 7,5 hours a day like previous owner, but to experiement with what works. Presently have timer set to 8-10AM, 4 hour break, then 2pm-8:30pm. I also reduced flow of the Eheim 2071 to app. 60-70%.

Before


After (today)

 

[Martin in Holland]

what is a good method to totally sanitize rocks of algea?

If you have them out of your tank....bleach and scrub them

 

[TallDragon]

I've opened a Journal for my tank. Thanks for the many useful advice.

http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/two-rocks-balanced-64l-low-tech.36129/

 

[TigerBarb]

This was a helpful post, as I will be moving my whole setup in about a months time, travelling for about 4 hour drive.
I always thought that bacteria in the filter could only survive for a few hours without the filter running? Its reassuring to hear thats not the case, hopefully shouldnt encounter any other troubles.

I will document the move and post about it