Moving Soon Need Advice!

[fongy101]

I'm moving next week so how would I go about moving my babies? Any advice?

 

[Mount_Prion]

You should be more specific about what you're moving/how/how far. Hard to give advice so generally.

 

[fongy101]

only a couple miles away, maybe 12-15 miles??? around there. I have a 110 gallon fish tank with some cichlids in there, about 5 inches each (more or less) does that help???

 

[bassfisher91]

Put them in buckets with portable air pumps...it shouldn't be much different than buying new fish from the store. Now a 1000 plus mile trip is a different story haha.

 

[bassfisher91]

And make to cover the buckets with something...fish love to jump when stressed.

 

[aldiaz33]

Place a hefty bag in a container (bucket or rubbermaid) and then fill the bag up. Tie off the bag so that water doesn't spill out all over the place when you are driving to your new abode.

Good luck!

 

[ecoli73]

Moving your babies...human babies? Betta? 10 gallon tank worth of guppies? 100g worth of cichlids? 1000 gallon of amazon giants? Whale shark?

Okay, had been a long day What fish do you have?

 

[ecoli73]

only a couple miles away, maybe 12-15 miles??? around there. I have a 110 gallon fish tank with some cichlids in there, about 5 inches each (more or less) does that help???

oopsss missed this post.

In that case, I would drain the water to a large ice chest, keep your bio media in a mesh bag and submerge it there and then add fish, lightly cover and add a airpump.

then drain everything, move the tank to the new place, fill up the tank and bring the water to temperature. Lastly, move the fish to the tank, install your filter(with the submerged biofilter stuff)...ideally you do this before the real move so you have plenty of time...last time I moved with my 100, I moved the fish one day ahead of the main move.

 

[fongy101]

haha thanks guys! maybe one day I will have 1000 gallons worth of fish!