Moving a 60 Gallon Freshwater Tank

Fleet Admiral

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Well heres the story...my parents want to move me into my sisters room witch is no more than 7 feet away from my room now the tank

60 gallon
fresh water
2 aquaclear 110's
2 aqua clear 200W heaters
substrate gravel
fish 1 fat SRD flowerhorn
decorations flowers and tiki masks

I just need help on figuring out how to move this into the other room i know fill buckets with the water and all that but will he be ok in a 5 gallon bucket for 30 mins to a hour until the water acclimates to the temperature

guys any help would be realllyyyy nice thanks alot
 

Conlin2

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I would put him a bucket with a air stone and you should be ok.
 

SickSauce

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It should be pretty Warm in San degio right now so your fine with water Temp. Air Stone as stated above^^^. should take you 1hr or less to set it up
 

Jc1119

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He should be fine. Iv'e had 12" fish shipped cross country in much less than 5 gallons of water, so you should be fine for an hour or so in a bucket with and airstone. I typically use coolers in such cases but a bucket should work.
 

aclockworkorange

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He should be fine. Iv'e had 12" fish shipped cross country in much less than 5 gallons of water, so you should be fine for an hour or so in a bucket with and airstone. I typically use coolers in such cases but a bucket should work.
:)

I just pack them that good!

Yeah I agree fish will be just dandy.


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