warning to old people about moving aquariums!

**kimmers318** · 01-08-2007, 12:05 PM

Ohhhhh my aching back! I am too old for this! Some of you may remember that I currently have my niece living with me. In order to put another bedroom in the house so the 3 girls don't have to share....our tv/playroom must be disassembled. In order to disassemble the tv/playroom we need to open up room in the living room and rec room, thus, the living room got a make over yesterday that involved having to move the 75 gal mbuna tank and the 90 gal oscar tank. These tanks are on the same stand so they had to be done one right after another without any breaks in between. The 90 gal got a 40% water change....then 3 10 gal tanks were filled.....1 for each of the 2 oscars....one for the pleco. 90 gal lifted off of stand and put aside. Then the 75 got a 40% water change...out comes all of the rocks, then we get to catch the fastest fish (in my NOW opinion) on the frickin face of the the earth to place them in buckets all around our living room. Said buckets are also holding the water we need to put back in. We move the couch and stand only to find out the outlet where the tanks are going isn't grounded and the plugs won't fit in it! So now at midnight my husband is rewiring an outlet (thank goodness we had a new outlet for the bathroom that hadn't been put in yet!) before we can proceed to put tanks back on stand. Moving the 75 gal all glass aquarium was a piece of cake. Taking the OLD 90 gal (1/2" thick glass) was a real pain, literally, to lift off of floor back onto stand! My back feels like it has been run over by a freight train, but all fish are safely back in their homes and seem to be doing okay.
Word to the wise.....don't attempt this at home unless you have some nice young strapping boys to do the heavy work for you!!!

**jeffs99dime** · 01-08-2007, 01:39 PM

also, make sure you lift with your legs and not your back. bend your knees

**Glasstapper** · 01-08-2007, 02:16 PM

sorry to hear about your back, but glad to hear the fishies are okay! :)

Just go easy on your back for a few days, take some ibuprofen, and nice long hot baths.

**jeffs99dime** · 01-08-2007, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by Glasstapper

sorry to hear about your back, but glad to hear the fishies are okay! :)

Just go easy on your back for a few days, take some ibuprofen, and nice long hot baths.

sorry to hear about your back trouble kimmers!

**Lady Hobbs** · 01-08-2007, 03:02 PM

Then the 75 got a 40% water change...out comes all of the rocks, then we get to catch the fastest fish (in my NOW opinion) on the frickin face of the the earth
ROTFL And just which one might that be? For me it was the loaches! If any of mine get the size of "Madge" I will just use a pellet gun and shoot into the aquarium.

And what kind of stand holds those two aquariums!! A block wall! I can just see the panic setting in when the elec outlet was wrong. sheesh What a job. Why didn't the hubby call in one of his heavy duty friends?

I moved my tanks last week but mine were wee jobs compared to yours.

**Incredulous_Ed** · 01-08-2007, 10:26 PM

Sorry to hear about the back kimmers.

**Drumachine09** · 01-08-2007, 10:28 PM

Might i reccomend some Bayer Back and Body?

**Juannie** · 01-08-2007, 11:07 PM

Hope your back feels better soon - maybe try an epsom salt bath - magnesium is a muscle relaxant and/or heat pack (or hot water bottle) on it, that'll relax it for sure.

Take it easy now

**kimmers318** · 01-09-2007, 01:27 AM

Jeffs99dime....I did ATTEMPT to lift only with my legs, but the darn thing was so heavy and then the twist to slide it across the top of the stand was just apparently the last straw after everything else we did with these tanks. Taking it from the stand to floor was a piece of cake. From the floor to stand instantly created a tank that somehow had doubled in weight!

Hobbs.....the fast frickin fish were hubbys mbuna. He worried about the oscars, but they were simple even if they are about 8" now. They had NO fear of the net, I guess because they haven't been netted in almost a year. The mbuna on the other hand have seen the net a few times when hubby had to remove babies. Some of them are growing out in a fry tank (hopefully to find a new home and not become oscar food) and a couple are staying with us. Demasoni and acei young 'uns.

Heating pad is working overtime and pain relievers are my best friend! I only have to move a 29 and 20 for myself...that will be a breeze compared to this.