Circumstances have forced me to move houses but moving my fish tank will be tricky. I live in a basement so to get my fish tank out of the house, it will have to go up some stairs. I have a problem.
To get the fish tank out, it will have to be completely drained. It is a 125gal half-circle tank and it has to be held on its back to get it through the narrow door frame. Now this wouldn't be a problem if I could just drain it, move it, and then set it up in my new house and let it cycle again but that won't work. I have nowhere to hold my fish in the time the tank would need to cycle.
My idea was too store each fish in its own separate bucket or cooler with an air stone while I move them to my new house (its less than a ten minute drive from my current house). I would then use the water from the buckets/coolers to jumpstart the cycling process and hopefully not have to wait a week plus for it to cycle.
Is this a viable plan? If not, does anyone have any suggestions for me?
To get the fish tank out, it will have to be completely drained. It is a 125gal half-circle tank and it has to be held on its back to get it through the narrow door frame. Now this wouldn't be a problem if I could just drain it, move it, and then set it up in my new house and let it cycle again but that won't work. I have nowhere to hold my fish in the time the tank would need to cycle.
My idea was too store each fish in its own separate bucket or cooler with an air stone while I move them to my new house (its less than a ten minute drive from my current house). I would then use the water from the buckets/coolers to jumpstart the cycling process and hopefully not have to wait a week plus for it to cycle.
Is this a viable plan? If not, does anyone have any suggestions for me?
