Stand swap?

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sparky5785

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Ok so back story about two years ago I bought a 125 with factory pine stand used from a fellow reefer. Had a plumbing issue along the way and I've recently noticed some of the wood is severely water damaged. I have done tons of researched and found a diy stand design on another forum that I feel more than capable to build. My question here is once the new stand is completed, how would I go about moving the tank putting the new stand exactly where the existing one is and then placing the tank on the new stand all the while affecting the inhabitants as little as possible? It's just fish right now as we lost all corals during a power outage a while back.

I'm thinking it would be best to place the fish in a large brute container or a couple different ones with heater and powerhead. Drain the rest of the tank leaving only a couple inches of water. Lift the tank and place on 2x4s to keep off floor. Drain sump. Remove from stand. Move old stand out and new stand into place. Install sump in new stand. Lift tank onto stand. Refill with old water and my normal 25% WC worth of new water. Acclimate inhabitants. Reintroduce them. And off we go.

I have several big brutes, heaters, and powerheads so I should be able to hold the entire water volume of the system including the new freshly mixed saltwater.

Have I considered everything? Am I missing something? How long do you think this might take to complete? How long will the inhabitants be comfortable? Any other concerns or advice?

Thanks in advance.

Brandon



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Yep. Sounds like a plan. Just make the swap quick before the sand bed starts to die and causes a cycle. When i moved my tank I had the rocks in buckets with heaters and airstones and my fish in a couple of tanks. Make sure you have help as that 125 is going to be heavy as heck especially with sand and a little water in it.
 
Yeah that's the plan I'm thinking like maybe two hours tops. Plus I'll leave an inch or so of water to cover the sand bed.


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Still need to skin it and paint but there's the frame.


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Thanks. Got the design from a very popular thread started by a structural engineer on another forum. All joints are pocket holed and/or predrilled countersank glued and screwed the top frame 2x6 sits directly on top of the vertical legs which sit on top of the bottom frame which distributes all weight to the floor. There are no screws that actually hold any load.

I did pick up some skinning materials today. And prefab cabinet doors at menards. Still lots of work to do.


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