How to Move Your Aquarium and 8 Other Strange Possessions:

Moving day is coming up fast, and—shockingly—you’re all packed. Except for all those weird things you couldn’t cram carefully place in the standard medium-size box. You know, like your giant aquarium, the life-size cardboard cutout of Han Solo, and that exact replica of the Christmas Story leg lamp you just had to have three Christmases ago.

What are you gonna do with all that?

This. This is what you’re going to do. That’s right, folks, we found solutions for all your unusual moving predicaments.

Aquariums

A 200-gallon aquarium might make your house look cooler than any restaurant entrywayever, but it won’t do much wowing at your new place if it’s smashed into 50 bazillion pieces in the moving truck.

To pack it up right, you need the right equipment, says Laura McHolm, co-founder of Los Angeles-based NorthStar Moving Co.

There are mirror boxes specially designed for glass—you can pick them up at hardware stores or directly from moving companies.

“There are special boxes for most household items,” McHolm says. “But be sure to always pack them in something.”