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We might get some flooring redone in the area my display is. Any suggestions on how to handle this?

I'm guessing I'll have to handle it as a tank move. Get big troughs. Transfer everything. Pull all sand out. Move tank. Move stand.

Flooring install.

Move back.

I'd really prefer not to do all that though.
 
I have one of these 100 gallon stock tanks if you need to borrow.

Sounds like you’ll basically have to do a tank move. When we switched from carpet to wood flooring in our living room I basically had to do that. It was easier because it was a 75 gallon freshwater tank but still ton of work.
 

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Hey @richiev it was nice meeting you in person at Kenny's the other day!

What sort of flooring are you installing? Not that it changes the process...but would highly recommend tile. We did our floor in tile and it's awesome for reefing.

I also have a couple big rubbermaid stock tanks if you need to borrow. I think that's pretty much your only route...
 
You have 2 options. Install new flooring around the tank but leave the old flooring under the tank. Or do full tank moves. If you want it back in the same spot, it’s 2 moves. If you don’t mind it being somewhere else it could be 1 move.
 
I'm also planning new living room flooring luckily i haven't filled 200 gallon tank before i got the idea other wise the tank would be recessed into the new flooring lmao. Just leaves me to have to move the smaller tanks and push and drag 200 out the way
 
JVU said:
You have 2 options. Install new flooring around the tank but leave the old flooring under the tank. Or do full tank moves. If you want it back in the same spot, it’s 2 moves. If you don’t mind it being somewhere else it could be 1 move.
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I am also considering just moving my reef tank into the living room to only have 1 move to deal with. My better half is coming around to the idea, but she would prefer a freshwater planted tank. Don’t shoot the messenger!!
 
Opportunity to upgrade tank.

My kitchen floor tile is cold. My fish room has those click together engineer hardwood.

I have many flood and water spill. It'd been probably 10 years ans the hardwood is fine.

I dropped a fridge on the hardwood and it this is the damage. If the floor was tile, it would defintely crack.
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derek_SR said:
Hey @richiev it was nice meeting you in person at Kenny's the other day!

What sort of flooring are you installing? Not that it changes the process...but would highly recommend tile. We did our floor in tile and it's awesome for reefing.

I also have a couple big rubbermaid stock tanks if you need to borrow. I think that's pretty much your only route...
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It'll be LVP most likely.
popper said:
Opportunity to upgrade tank.

My kitchen floor tile is cold. My fish room has those click together engineer hardwood.

I have many flood and water spill. It'd been probably 10 years ans the hardwood is fine.

I dropped a fridge on the hardwood and it this is the damage. If the floor was tile, it would defintely crack.View attachment 64845
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Tank upgrade honestly is something I have considered in this. It'd be silly, but also if I was going to go it, now is the time.

Have flooring ripped out. While flooring is ripped out have subfloor ripped up and extra support installed in the crawlspace. Run an additional circuit. All easy because there'd be easy crawlspace access.

Reinstall. Put new tank in place.

Probably don't have the funds to do that right now though.

JVU said:
You have 2 options. Install new flooring around the tank but leave the old flooring under the tank. Or do full tank moves. If you want it back in the same spot, it’s 2 moves. If you don’t mind it being somewhere else it could be 1 move.
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Good thought, but current placement is the optimal one for the house. I guess one option is I set everything up in my office and have two tanks in there, and no house tank, until some later day I decide to buy an upgrade. Realistically though that has the same issue as the above one, where I can't see putting the cash out for an upgrade...



Sounds like I just need to get a bug trough from someone and do the moves. That sucks, but is what it is.

If I removed water and rock, would it be crazy to just move the stand onto rollers of some sort and not remove the sand nor take the tank off? At least then I wouldn't need to deal with the sand and setting everything else up twice.
 
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Nothing wrong with that since one furniture dolly can be good for 2000 pounds with a couple can easily handle the weight. Really depends on how solid your stand is built..Can it take jacking one side up a few inches blocking then lift & block the other to get the dollys under. Ive done the same thing using two arm jacks on one end maybe overkill since one jack is good for 450 pounds but was mainly for balance since I was solo..Simple toe jacks can lift thousands of pounds but I didn’t have the space to slide one in under the stand so used a set of arm jacks. Stand was solid wood 2x6 with sheered plywood back and sides.. I left the sand and rocks in place however I had 2+ inches of mud capped with about 4+ inches of sand due to turtle & shoal grasses so was not going to deal with that mess lol. This was Naples Florida so grass was legal unlike other states..Was a fish only system no corals so best to toss those in a bucket if so..Only slow part was waiting for the old external transfer pump doing 150g ever so slowly in then out of 55g drums. Think it only took about 1 1/2 hours if that but corals will slow you down a bit. Was a room to room move on tile floor did put some strips of masonite down for protection. Probably would do the same if had carpet. Honestly with the right tools & muscles is the easy part its the overthinking that complicates things lol.
These are the type of arm jacks I used bit more updated these are plus all the major brands make them.
XClifes Labor Saving Handle 2 Pack,15 In Construction Jack, Wall Tile Locator, Multi-Function Height Adjustment Lifting Device, Door Panel Lifting Cabinet Jack,Raised 10 in,Dynamic Load 400 LB
https://a.co/d/6ax4WQV
 
derek_SR said:
Hey @richiev it was nice meeting you in person at Kenny's the other day!

What sort of flooring are you installing? Not that it changes the process...but would highly recommend tile. We did our floor in tile and it's awesome for reefing.

I also have a couple big rubbermaid stock tanks if you need to borrow. I think that's pretty much your only route...
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Did you do tile by yourself or hire contractors to do it? I was planning to replace my carpet to tile but couple contractors quote for $17/sqft for labor ( including removing old carpet, install new tile and dump trash).
 
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