Temporary housing for fish.

Hi Guys,

I asked this in the general discussion forum but didn't get much feedback. For those that read/replied there, hope you don't mind.


Just found 3 little holes in the wall, along with little specks of wood on the ground nearby. Looks like fumigation needed in the near future. I understand that I'll need to get the fish out of the house. It's fairly warm here in southern California, so I can probably get away with putting the fish up in my sister's garage. Have a few questions.

1. Do you guys think this is ok? This will probably be for a week or so, I figure it takes 3 days for the fumigation, 1 day for me to redo the plumbing to a more efficient way, 1 day to run some bleach through the system, flush, and run it with prime couple times. Do I need to worry about the pool leeching anything into the water?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/My-Sunshin...-Pool/23569860



2. I have a 14" arowana, 9 6"+ Pesuda plecos (L24,25,114,273), couple medium and 1 10" RoyalPleco with long wiskers. My worries is will the plecos puncture that pool? I guess I'll cover the pool with something to prevent the aro from jumping.

3. How do I place heating elements in the pool without melting it?

4. I am already running 2 spare large sponge filters, will be adding couple more to transfer to the pool eventually when it's setup. I'll be placing the bio medias in the sump and FX5 in baskets and setting them in the pool. Since the pool will be sitting on the ground, is it possible to run the FX5 next to it, instead of below?

5. So, probably can get away with 1 week without feeding, or feeding very lightly, anything else I need to worry about? Am I overthinking this? The value of all the fish combined is over 5k, that's why I am a little worried.



Thanks in advance for your advise.


btw. I know I need to pack up food. What about clothes? Do I need to pack them up? wash afterwards? or doesn't matter?

Wow! thanks for all the quick replies! Will the FX5 work placed beside the pool since it won't be working with a siphon? I have couple powerheads around to help with water flow and with the sponge filters, and air coming out of them, I think this should be ok.

I am still concerned with punctures. I've seen either this, fully inflatable ones (sides and buttom. which I think is even less sturdy) or cheapy plastic ones in walmart, most of which are cracked just from handling by the customers. Other than those smaller portable ones, we are looking at ones with frames and starts at well beyond 10'+.

Ha! Just got an idea right now! How about getting couple of those storage bins and drill some holes in them, and keep the plecos in the bins. As long the bins are above the water level they should be fine, and that'll protect the pool as well. I'll place their driftwood in the bins, they'll have less space to swim around, but still get the benefits of the water volume from the rest of the pool. What do you guys think?

I never really checked out CK Aquarium before because they seem to specialize in gold water fish. I'll check them out for the tubs. I don't mind paying for the tub, but they take up too much space after I am done with them. Is there any place that'll let you borrow/rent one for a short time period?