We moved the small (5 foot long) tank downstairs this evening, in preparation for the new tanks, which need to be carried through the spot that the small tank previously occupied. Of course, it wasn't so easy as just carrying it downstairs--we had to empty it of it's water, fish, and decorations, and detach the filter and airstone hoses. Then we had to carry it downstairs and reverse the process.

Once the two 10 foot, 430 gallon tanks are in place downstairs, we'll have to empty everything out of the current ten foot tank (a mere 300 gallons) and put it all in one of those. Then the ten foot tank will have to be brought downstairs and placed perpendicular to the other two. After all this is done, the other 430 gallon tank will be filled with water, the filters will be hooked up, decorations set up, and fish from the small and medium-sized (6 foot long) tank will be put in it. Then the big fish, which are in the small tank, will be moved over to the 300 gallon tank and the small tank will be sold.

That will leave us with 30 feet and 1260 gallons of fish tank occupying two walls downstairs and another 180 gallon tank upstairs. I'll post pictures when this is all done.