Calling fellow Canreefers, need help moving tank [Archive]

Mrfish55

09-07-2009, 05:21 PM

Hello all, I am in need of assistance moving a tank in Coquitlam on Friday the 11th (I am coming from out of town and do not have enough people) If anyone is available to help it would be greatly appreciated, lunch on me, PM for the details, Thanks, Dave.

Leah

09-07-2009, 06:12 PM

You bought a new tank. How big is it? :mrgreen:

Mrfish55

09-07-2009, 06:30 PM

New to me! and it's big enough I need lots of help to move it:biggrin: I will post details as I go.
You bought a new tank. How big is it? :mrgreen:

marie

09-07-2009, 06:38 PM

New to me! and it's big enough I need lots of help to move it:biggrin: I will post details as I go.

a new tank :eek:?...does your wife know yet? :razz:

Skimmerking

09-07-2009, 06:41 PM

Well how about a hint dave come on

Mrfish55

09-07-2009, 08:52 PM

uhhhh ya, it's all good.
a new tank :eek:?...does your wife know yet? :razz:

Mrfish55

09-07-2009, 08:54 PM

nope, no hints, :lol:
For you Mike I will post pics ASAP when I pick it up.
Well how about a hint dave come on

MEDHBSI

09-08-2009, 01:09 AM

I live in Port Moody im sure i could help if im not working when your moving it pm me if you still need the help

Lance

09-08-2009, 02:00 AM

...................I know how big it is. :mrgreen:

Mrfish55

09-08-2009, 02:09 AM

Does that mean you are going to help move it? or run very far away:lol:
...................I know how big it is. :mrgreen:

Leah

09-08-2009, 02:11 AM

Sounds like you had better offer dinner instead

marie

09-08-2009, 02:33 AM

...................I know how big it is. :mrgreen:

I feel so left out :cry:

Mrfish55

09-08-2009, 02:37 AM

You can come help move it if you want, still not telling how big it is untill I have enough people:lol:
I feel so left out :cry:

SeaHorse_Fanatic

09-08-2009, 03:00 AM

:silly: Not volunteering till I know how big the tank is :p:peace:

SeaHorse_Fanatic

09-08-2009, 03:01 AM

Muahahahaha

Mrfish55

09-08-2009, 03:36 AM

Look at it this way, it's only 85lbs

per person

If 10 people show up

:silly: Not volunteering till I know how big the tank is :p:peace:

marie

09-08-2009, 04:52 AM

You can come help move it if you want, still not telling how big it is untill I have enough people:lol:

I'm afraid the only help I would be is making sure your dog doesn't get underfoot

....but then I'm sure you've already got that part figured out :lol:

*edit* oh wait I'm pretty good at handing out beer as well :razz:

SeaHorse_Fanatic

09-08-2009, 05:24 AM

Must be something like a 500 to 600 gallon then. (minimum 450g)

Sebae again

09-08-2009, 06:19 AM

I think it is a 750 gal.

rynoe

09-08-2009, 07:21 AM

I should be around to help out. let me know time and place.

Leah

09-08-2009, 12:08 PM

:gossip: this is getting exciting

Lance

09-08-2009, 10:52 PM

Does that mean you are going to help move it? or run very far away:lol:

When you get it home, just let me know when and I'll be there, and can probably bring a few bodies with me.

Mrfish55

09-09-2009, 04:07 AM

Thanks:biggrin: let you know when I figure it all out, I will need the help this things a beast.
When you get it home, just let me know when and I'll be there, and can probably bring a few bodies with me.

burrows14

09-09-2009, 04:32 AM

is it that 750 gal that was on craigslist? lol

Mrfish55

09-10-2009, 02:16 PM

:wink:
is it that 750 gal that was on craigslist? lol

Mrfish55

09-10-2009, 02:23 PM

Bump, could still use some extra hand if available (around 11:30-12:00 tomorrow, PM for details) after a marathon 21 hour day yesterday (for those comming to help tomorrow we should be less than an hour to load:lol:) the fish and most of the equipment have been safetly moved and housed temporarily, Huge thanks go out to Tom, Curt, Ivor, Ian's wife, Harry and Dave Sr. for the helping hands and the use of equipment and truck. It couldn't have gone any smoother and everyone survived the ordeal. Now to make plans for tomorrow and do it all over again!

marie

09-10-2009, 02:34 PM

I'm lousy at lifting heavy things but if you need a hand with anything else when you get it here, I can help

Mrfish55

09-10-2009, 02:48 PM

Thanks, once here should be no problem, its getting it out of the existing location that will be the big one, that being said you are welcome to stop by for a visit and a beverage anytime, you don't have to lift anything but I am open to suggestions on the layout of the set-up, going to try and keep this one much cleaner and a whole lot simpler than the small one.
I'm lousy at lifting heavy things but if you need a hand with anything else when you get it here, I can help

marie

09-10-2009, 03:00 PM

Mrfish55

09-10-2009, 04:50 PM

Next to the new one it will look small :silly:

Lance

09-10-2009, 10:04 PM

Dave, any idea when you will be home with it and need a lift?

Mrfish55

09-10-2009, 11:08 PM

Hoping to be on the 3:30, I am good for unloading, it will be probably Monday before I am ready to put it in it's final spot and could use some help then, will let you know, Thanks.
Dave, any idea when you will be home with it and need a lift?

Veng68

09-10-2009, 11:27 PM

Wow 750.......... any idea what used to be in that tank?

Cheers,
Vic

Mrfish55

09-10-2009, 11:41 PM

I know exactly what was in the tank, they are currently in temporary accomadations untill I get the tank back up and running, I will post some pics when I start the build thread for it.
Wow 750.......... any idea what used to be in that tank?

Cheers,
Vic

Chaloupa

09-10-2009, 11:45 PM

OOOOOOOOOOOOOH how exciting! Now, what will you do with the 300g may I ask?????

Mrfish55

09-11-2009, 12:43 AM

OOOOOOOOOOOOOH how exciting! Now, what will you do with the 300g may I ask?????

This is not an upgrade it's an addition! The new tank will be FOWLR as it came stocked with lots of not so reef friendly but very beautifull fish. This is for sure the last tank, 3 is enough especially when the combined volume will now be slightly over 1400 gallons. Kinda funny how just last week I sold my 180 having no intention of starting another tank :silly: Are you thinking upgrade?

Chaloupa

09-11-2009, 12:56 AM

This is not an upgrade it's an addition! The new tank will be FOWLR as it came stocked with lots of not so reef friendly but very beautifull fish. This is for sure the last tank, 3 is enough especially when the combined volume will now be slightly over 1400 gallons. Kinda funny how just last week I sold my 180 having no intention of starting another tank :silly: Are you thinking upgrade?

I DO want to upgrade...I had wanted the 320g in Calgary but was unable to get it together to be able to purchase it...and I regret it! But yep, I am wanting an upgrade. Trying for a long tank so my tangs are happier. I have a Tang addiction! LOL

Lance

09-11-2009, 01:58 AM

I DO want to upgrade... Trying for a long tank so my tangs are happier. I have a Tang addiction! LOL

Don't we all! :lol:

marie

09-11-2009, 02:39 AM

If your looking to add a healthy, large sebae anemone and a breeding pair of friendly, easy going clarkii clown fish to the new tank, I have just the ones for you :lol:

Chaloupa

09-11-2009, 02:46 AM

Don't we all! :lol:

Yeah, but it's hit really really really bad...I need a tank like MrFish!

Mrfish55

09-11-2009, 03:44 AM

If your looking to add a healthy, large sebae anemone and a breeding pair of friendly, easy going clarkii clown fish to the new tank, I have just the ones for you :lol:
Interesting, will have to see if any of the existing fish would go after the nem :hungry: And exactly when did those Clarkii become easy going?
Yeah, but it's hit really really really bad...I need a tank like MrFish!
Everybody needs a tank like this, and it just may be available shortly after the next Hydro bill arrives:lol:

marie

09-11-2009, 03:46 AM

Interesting, will have to see if any of the existing fish would go after the nem :hungry: And exactly when did those Clarkii become easy going?

Everybody needs a tank like this, and it just may be available shortly after the next Hydro bill arrives:lol:

I'm pretty sure a 10ft shark wouldn't dare go after that nem :lol:

marie

09-11-2009, 03:48 AM

.... And exactly when did those Clarkii become easy going?

...

I lied, they're evil :twised:

Mrfish55

09-11-2009, 03:56 AM

I lied, they're evil :twised:

Sure try and pawn em off on me, I could banish them to the sump, don't know how much of a punishment that would be though, after all the sump is 250gal and 8'long

Lance

09-11-2009, 03:59 AM

marie

09-11-2009, 04:29 AM

Hey Marie, now that Dave's getting a FOWLR that large we have somewhere we can send our PITA fish: You know the ones that suddenly take a liking to corals or clams, or beat the hell out of the other inhabitants. :mrgreen:

I'm trying but he doesn't seem to be going for it.

I think the anemone would be perfect in there and with 2 clarkiis protecting it, it couldn't be safer

Mrfish55

09-11-2009, 04:32 AM

marie

09-11-2009, 04:36 AM

Boy all kinds of action in a help thread I can only imagine the abuse, I mean great ideas, that will come flowing once the build thread starts! Lucky the beer fridge in the man-cave is full, this could get exciting:biggrin:

Oh I do have a very large, long spined urchin you could have... he has taken a liking to corals.

At first I was so mad I put him in an empty bucket out on the deck but then after 10min I felt sorry for him and put him in my sump

Mrfish55

09-11-2009, 04:38 AM

I've seen that one, I have one in the reef right now that is getting big but he hides in a corner I can't get at!

Lance

09-11-2009, 04:41 AM

You can have my emerald crab that turns up his nose, (do crabs have noses?), at bubble algae and chows down on coral polyps.

Mrfish55

09-11-2009, 04:45 AM

You can have my emerald crab that turns up his nose, (do crabs have noses?), at bubble algae and chows down on coral polyps.

How bou't I get the tank going first, then we can find out what undesireables we have to feed the fish that are going in there. Anyhow I got's to get up at 4am to go get this tank, oh the things we do for our little wet friends:silly:

Leah

09-11-2009, 11:01 AM

Good-luck, hope it all goes smoothly today!

Mrfish55

09-12-2009, 03:50 AM

Just got home, all went extreeeemly well, big thanks to Harry, Bob, Tristan and Don, who would have thunk four guys could remove a 800lb tank from a basement in only 20 min. Thanks to John for the smokin deal. Will get some pics tomorrow and get crackin on the necessary reno's to get it up and running.

marie

09-12-2009, 05:21 AM

Where on earth are you going to put it? I realize in the basement but still this tank is going to look huge down there

SeaHorse_Fanatic

09-12-2009, 05:24 AM

Sorry I wasn't able to come help. I had baby duty while my wife prepped for her weekend retreat in Chiliwack.

Anthony

Mrfish55

09-12-2009, 03:21 PM

Where on earth are you going to put it? I realize in the basement but still this tank is going to look huge down there

Sitting in the carport right now, I am thinking it will go on the wall opposite the reef, removing the 8' window that is there and then closing in and creating a room under the deck for it.

Sorry I wasn't able to come help. I had baby duty while my wife prepped for her weekend retreat in Chiliwack.

Anthony

Thats OK, it came out easier and much quicker than I thought, any more people probably would have slowed things down as there really wasn't much room to work.