Moving--Big fish and Big tank?

[HarleyK]

I agree with what Die Fledermaus said in his first post.

Die Fledermaus is a chick , not a dude

The new house has a water conditioning system ment to treat the well water. Does this basicly turn the well water into city water that has the contaminates?

You would have to find that out yourself. There are different technologies to treat water. Keep in mind that well water is not regulated by EPA drinking water standards. Thus, you need to test it constantly esp. for nitrates.

Good luck with the move,
HarleyK

 

[OSCARLOVER]

So, would my master test kit work for testing the water?
Also what would be the levels in the water need to be in order to be safe?
How would I know if I need to use water conditioner or not?
Thanks!

 

[Samps]

I do this kind of thing for a living, actually going to be doing a move tomorrow. What we like to do is get yourself a couple of 30 gallon heavy duty garbage pales with lock down lids, drain 50-60% of the the water into the cans, net your fish (like the idea of using a pillow case if no large rubber mesh net is avaliable) and place in the buckets. Because they are much larger then most fish I would seperate each fish to their own bucket of 30 gallons. Use a dolly to transport the water to your vehical (hopefully a truck) you can use a wet dry shop vac to suck out your sand, tho it may not be the greatest, or just use a clean dust pan works very well, put the sand into the buckets with some of the aquarium water, move your tank and stand and buckets of water to where your going set up, then pump the water from the 30 gallon cans to the aquarium, place in fish, fill the rest of the tank with fresh water as if doing a regular water change and keep the lights off for a good 24+ hours to allow the fish to readjust.

I just moved 11 LARGE aquariums using the method above. Sudz is 100% on the money here.

 

[Loubard]

I just moved 11 LARGE aquariums using the method above. Sudz is 100% on the money here.

If you write a article about it with your methode and advises that would make a great sticky!

 

[HarleyK]

So, would my master test kit work for testing the water?
Also what would be the levels in the water need to be in order to be safe?
How would I know if I need to use water conditioner or not?
Thanks!

If your well water is treated before it enters the house, as you indicated, you need to find out what that treatment is. It might be a simple filtration (most likely), it might be ozonation, it might be other treatment. I don't have a crystal ball handy to find it out right now You'll have to check it yourself. It also depends on your pipework in the house and the means of collecting water for the well (lead). All that determines if you need to treat your water before it is used for your fish.

Your kits work for whatever they are designed to detect. Nitrate is the most common problem with well water. Safe drinking water levels can be found at the EPA website.

Good luck,
HarleyK

 

[Samps]

If you write a article about it with your methode and advises that would make a great sticky!

When I get some time, I will do just that. At the office right now so...

It's painfully simple so I don't think it will make it to "Sticky Status" but I'll give my help just the same when I have an opportunity.

 

[dr_sudz]

I just moved 11 LARGE aquariums using the method above. Sudz is 100% on the money here.

Thanks for the support! It feels good when others can confirm how you do things. I have had a pretty good success rate so far!


In regards the water treatment, as was stated above, there is many differnt things that could be done to treat your water, if you are really concerned about it then take the water to the city and ask, or check out the equipment in the new house. If in doubt use the conditioner, you can't over condition your water especially if its just the first couple of times you do your water changes.

 

[OSCARLOVER]

Thanks guys for all the advice and info! I hope all goes well!

 

[Idealconcepts]

Another option is using large rubber maid containers with lids, I did this for my 8 mile move. They are cheap and you can get them at lowes or HD, got the 18gal ones 3 for $10 and I think I bought around 12 or 15 total. I moved a 135gal (actually broke it when I tripped on a step and crushed two fingers) with about 25 Malawi Cichlids and 25 fry, and a 300gal with a few large S/C American cichlids, and a 20 inch black Aro. along with a 18gal rubber maid bucket with about 200-300 .25 to 1 inch Malawi fry. All the fish survived and it took me about 3 weeks to re-set up the 300, because I changed out the substrate to PFS (the fish lived int he the 135 and the Malawi Cichlids lived in a 55gal). Your fish are all fair large and should be pretty hearty, just plan out what you are going to do and take advice from the others here and see what works best for your situation. Good luck and watch out for the steps at your front door.