How to move tank across the room?

So, in preparation for another tank I would like to move my tank maybe ~5 feet to a wall perpendicular to the one currently, so I have 2 tanks right next to eachother. Reading up it appears I would need to empty the tank of everything to move it? Could I just drain the tank to about 1-2 inches of water (i have the kind of fish that take hours to fish out) and then drag the stand over to the spot? Would I cause too much shear stress to the point were my tank leaks?

 

What size tank is it? If it's 20g or smaller, I think your plan should work fine, provided you can actually slide the stand, and not have it jolting across the room. (And you don't tip it over lol).

Honestly though, if you're going to drain it down to two inches, just drain it, then catch your sneaky fish in shallow water when it's much easier, then drain the rest. You're getting 95% of the way there in any case, and it's much safer to do it that way.

 

What size tank is it? If it's 20g or smaller, I think your plan should work fine, provided you can actually slide the stand, and not have it jolting across the room. (And you don't tip it over lol).

Honestly though, if you're going to drain it down to two inches, just drain it, then catch your sneaky fish in shallow water when it's much easier, then drain the rest. You're getting 95% of the way there in any case, and it's much safer to do it that way.

Its a 20 long.

The problem is I have tons of duckweed and plants that will encover alot fo the loaches which are already pretty hard to catch.

 

What size is the tank you are moving?

 

Which/what size tank, what's the stand/floor made out of?

I have hard wood, I put felt pads under everything, tank rack included. I was able to drag that massive rack around my fish room with the 29s on the bottom half full. I don't know if I would be that gutsy with something like say the 125 I've been working on, the length let's to much water get moving at once and slams back and forth in that thing.

 

Which/what size tank, what's the stand/floor made out of?

I have hard wood, I put felt pads under everything, tank rack included. I was able to drag that massive rack around my fish room with the 29s on the bottom half full. I don't know if I would be that gutsy with something like say the 125 I've been working on, the length let's to much water get moving at once and slams back and forth in that thing.

What size is the tank you are moving?

Its a 20 long, the floor is hardwood, stand is steel (HERE).

 

Drain it as low as you can, slip a blanket under the stand legs and slide it on over?

 

Its a 20 long, the floor is hardwood, stand is steel (HERE).

I bet you can do it near half of you are determined enough. If you don't have felt pads yet; I would drain it until you can just barely pry/lift one leg at a time just enough to get a sock under each (or put felt since you was). Then pulling from the bottom of the legs not pushing from the top, scoot it slowly to the target.

Be extra careful moving it the long way, that gives the water more room to slosh/slap.

 

Should work, just be careful and rather take frequent breaks than say "It's only half a foot, one more lift and we're done" and force the last bit. Been there, messed it up.

Related I have a question to tank moving, too. Will open a new thread.

 

I bet you can do it near half of you are determined enough. If you don't have felt pads yet; I would drain it until you can just barely pry/lift one leg at a time just enough to get a sock under each (or put felt since you was). Then pulling from the bottom of the legs not pushing from the top, scoot it slowly to the target.

Be extra careful moving it the long way, that gives the water more room to slosh/slap.

Lol today during the water change i wanted to see if I could push it easily and nope. pretty heavy stiff halfway suprisingly.

I think I may be able to slip socks or something under it. But if I can't, I should be able to push it over slowly, right?

 

Lol today during the water change i wanted to see if I could push it easily and nope. pretty heavy stiff halfway suprisingly.

I think I may be able to slip socks or something under it. But if I can't, I should be able to push it over slowly, right?

You could but I'm personally terrified of messing up the wood floor, last thing I want to do is have to sand and reseal while worrying about what I get in the air around the tanks if you go for sliding it without socks maybe do an extra good vacuum/mop.

 

You could but I'm personally terrified of messing up the wood floor, last thing I want to do is have to sand and reseal while worrying about what I get in the air around the tanks if you go for sliding it without socks maybe do an extra good vacuum/mop.

Hmmm, maybe i'll just get a tank that isn't as long if i can't do the sock method.

 

Just drain it as others said to 1-2” and get another person n lift the entire thing n put it in the new spot and refill. I did that with my 29 it was outside last summer I drained it low we picked it up and carried it into my house on the cinderblock stand I already had set up for it and refilled.. without issue.

 

. . . Could I just drain the tank to about 1-2 inches of water (i have the kind of fish that take hours to fish out) and then drag the stand over to the spot? Would I cause too much shear stress to the point were my tank leaks?

My son and I moved my daughter-in-law's 29 gallon that way. She siphoned almost all the water out, leaving the fish in it, and we each got on one end, lifted, moved it to a different room, and she filled it back up. No problems.

I know the tank manufacturers all say to empty them completely before moving, but I suspect they do that to protect themselves against complaints and lawsuits.