Moving massive pleco HELP please
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so once you get the 75 my guess is the oscar is going to go in there... the rtc could join it for a few more inches... but where are you going to put the 16" pleco?
When I moved 2 pacu that were 16 and 20 inches long and a 10 inch oscar I put them each in a separate cooler that we had. I ran an air pump off a power inverter in the car and just moved the pump from cooler to cooler every 5 or 10 minutes. All the fish made the trip home with no trouble.
chesterthehero;3609771; said:
that was my next question. hahaha. I already have a 12" sailfin pleco that was originally going to go in there, but I guess it has to stay in the 46 for now. I was wondering if I put the pleco in there first for a week or two, if that would keep the catfish and oscar from eating him to pieces. I was only considering it because the RTC is living with a crayfish and a small river catfish that he didnt eat. I am very surprised he hasnt toron both to pieces yet, but I think they are buddies now. haha. the tank also comes with guppies and I think some fancy goldfish, they told me to feed them to my oscar hahaha, but I think im going to give away the good looking goldfish and keep the goodlooking guppys in a seperate 20 gal tank that I have sitting around. and feed the rest to mah fishays. what do yall think?
vaine111;3609746; said:I bit my tongue long enough.
Get a 18 gallon tub(sterlite 8 or $9).
Stuff the monsters in there.
They will be good in there for up to 4-6 hours without a air thingy mijiger. Your crazy driving will stir the water enough to get air in the water.
I transported a 14" oscar, 2 17" common plecos, a 5" frontosa, and a 5" JD to every LFS in town for over 2 hours so I could find a LFS that would take them.
what they would not take a frontosa
anybody have an opinion on keeping the 16" pleco with the "friendly" (hahaha) RTC and the oscar? thank you!
I use a large cooler, it helps maintain temperature. Put an airstone in there, run off a power inverter or a battery powered one.
SUCCESS!!! we got all 3 fish in their new home this weekend. we had to get a power inverter and hook up a bubbler with multiple outputs and drilled holes in each container for the tubing. they all made it here fine and dandy, and the oscar seems to be doing pretty good. the pleco is MASSIVE!!! its as tall as the tank itself and weighs about 2 pounds. hes a bit on the fat side, but we will work on that, haha. his body is about 4 inches wide at least. HUGE pleco, whose name is "Pleca", which is what the previous owner named it when they got it 12 years ago. thank you all for the advice!!! it all worked out pretty well!
