Moving my Tanks from Arizona to Nevada

[aznewbie]

Hi Everyone!

I am moving to Nevada for a new job and I have a real dilemma. I have to figure out how to safely move my fish tanks. I have a 500 gallon Tenecor with a 2 & 1/2 foot silver arowana 1ft ghost knife, several large severums, a marble goby, 2 bichirs, and several plecos (people keep bringing them to me...) then in my bedroom I have a 130 gallon with my african cichlids. The drive is over 12 hours from where I am in AZ to Las Vegas where I am moving and I need some advice on what to do with the fish. Should I re-home them to new owners and start over? Or is there a safe way to keep and transport the fish and tanks. I got the arowana and his tank mates when they were small and moved them here in a tank in the back of my Avalanche with filters and bubblers running off an inverter but now they are waaaaay too big for that. What would you all suggest? Thank you in advance!!!

 

[amonra]

I would re-home them. I did a move from Cali to AZ and while half of them made it, the ones you care most about wont just becuase thats how the universe works. Plus you will be as stressed as the fish in the move.
Everyone one will be happier in the end.

 

[Bearbear]

The temps at night are starting to hover around 90 in Vegas now, sure most of AZ is pretty close to that, if not higher. Insulating the large tanks would probably help for most of the trip and temp shouldn't change too dramatically, but just something else to consider. Smaller tumblers would probably heat up fairly quick in a box van or back of a truck.
I'd say pick and choose a few and just try to move with those, but as mentioned those few probably wont make it and you'll end up with a lot of plecos (they are almost indestructible).
Good luck with whatever you do though.

 

[vlam]

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