[Rin]

I have to work on my floor underneath my 75 gal. This means moving the tank.

I can handle the fish, corals, critters, and rock. I just don't know what to do about the dsb.

The tank is going to be too heavy to move with the sand in it. So should I try to salvage the sand it and put it back in? Or should I salvage part of it and add it to a new dsb when I move the tank.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Also, would anyone NOT recommend setting up a tank on ceramic tile? The stand distributes the weight pretty well. I plan to also put some sort of pad between the stand and the floor to take care of any unevenness. There are no known 'points' of pressure. I estimate the psi to be between 10 and 15--less than a bowling ball. Does anyone have his or her tank on ceramic tile? Does anyone one know the compression characteristics of the average piece of ceramic tile?

Thank You,

[rededteck]

How long will the tank be down?

My thought is disrupting the sand bed should not be too horrible. Many places ship live sand, their disruption to the sand should be about the same disruption as you are going to do ny moving somewhere. The question is then, if you are going to be down a long time, how do you plan to keep your sand alive?

[Rin]

I plan to do the move all at once--minimal down time. Hopefully not longer than a few hours.

[popcorn]

We tiled the area under our 90 before moving it into our new house. Just make sure that you're tiling on a good surface, and you should be ok. We didn't think to pad it, and it's too late now. (I'm not doing that again!) The only thing we have run into is that you need to seal the grout really, really well. I sealed it 3 times, and it probably wasn't enough, as we have some weird dark areas. (I probably just need to scrub them, but that's the only problem we've had.)

It's easier to wipe up those saltwater spills on tile than carpet. (And it matches the DSB!)

HTH

[rededteck]

Your sand should be ok... Too bad you can't move the tank/stand with the sand in it.... Are you keeping all your water? This will obviously stress your fish, but they should bounce back ok.... Talk to them for re-assurance......

[Rin]

Yeah, I plan to seal it really well. The subsurface is polished concrete, so I should be fine.

I also plan to do a 50% water change when the tank moves. I'm still in the planning stages, the actual move won't happen until January. I have to so things like upgrade my house electrical system at the new location. This is going to be a big step, so I'm going to try a little 'outside the box' thinking and see where it takes me.

Thanks for the input,