First Setup

[Ninong]

"Rehoming fee," that's a new one on me.

[Ninong]

They have only four tangs in that tank and none of them is really aggressive. The Vlamingi just needs a bigger tank, that's all -- especially if it is a "large Vlamingi" as she says. I wonder what they mean by "large?" To me that would mean at least 12" for a Vlamingi.

I would still recommend picking up some glass suction cup handles from a moving company. You will be glad you did and they're not all that expensive to rent. They are expensive to buy.

That tank will weight about 500 lbs empty.

P.S. -- Never hand out the beer until ALL of the moving is done. Especially when there's a glass tank and live rock involved.

It helps if one of the guys has some experience working with PVC but it's not necessary. I had no experience my first time and I survived just fine. Except for that one leaking bulkhead.

[Ninong]

All of the fish that they have are quite hardy and I don't think you will have any problems moving them from just two hours away. The guy I gave all of my fish to lived only about 45 minutes away but the kid who bought my tank was a Texas Aggies student and he drove 535 miles one-way to pick up the tank and equipment. He had one helper but they both looked like linemen and they managed to pick up my 320-lb tank and carry it out to their pickup truck by themselves. They bought the tank, sump and all equipment. I had already given away the fish and sold the live rock.

Your tank is just going to be so long (8 feet) and it should weigh somewhere close to 500 lbs. Keep all of that in mind when you plan on the best way to move it into your house. Also, make sure you have enough room in the truck for this tank, stand, canopy, sump, etc., plus room for all of the containers with live rock and fish. Don't put the anemones next to each other because they will fight.

[Ninong]

Ask them the brand name of the tank, just out of curiosity.