Moving soon

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Thanks yoji, you have some awesome tanks lemme say again AWESOME! I was thinking trash bags to line the rubbermaid with, I dunno how big your fish are yoji but I think 30 gallons is enough for mine for the 4 hour ride, and the air stone can't hurt right?

Tyl: Yea and I know it will be well taken care of, and they are going to take the 55 instead I went over and talked to them earlier I live by myself. I am going to take my community fish from the 29 and some of my CA/SA's to my lfs and get store credit for my parents to use on food, lake salt, and buffer's for the 55. Sometimes the best laid plans can go ary though right?!?!:) I just hope my guys make it and I can't wait to have a house with a foundation, now I just have to get that 240 I want...:naughty:
 
30gal tub would be fine depending on the size of fish your transporting, my biggest fish att was 22". The airstone is a good thing to have incase of emergencies like you stated "sometimes the best laid plans can go awry" thats when you put in the bubbler.
 
I'm guessing you talking about your aro at 22". Did you line the bins with trash bags just because of him and his spines or just for good measure. Transport list goes as follows:
Male Jag 7"
Male Sev 6"
Syno Cat 8"
Jurupari 5"
2x Clown Loaches 4"
Female Salvini 3"
 
Thanks again yoji, do you or anyone else think I should slowly lower the temp in my tank before transport? What about feeding them up to the move should I fast them for a couple of days? And I usually run my tanks a little hot at 83-84.
 
same as shipping fish Steve

fast fish for 2-3 days before transport
prepare bins appropriately add in a little salt
temps were fine for me at 83
 
^^ Yep same as if you were shipping them. Only you're chosing to transport them in a rubbermaid. I don't think you need the trash can liner as long as your rubbermaid doesn't leak. Pending how much water you're filling your rubbermaid though you might consider making a wooden frame so it doesn't bow too much(the bow when filled closer to the top). And some way to keep the lid on (bungee cords?).

You could even bag each one if you really wanted to if you have fresh o2 source and then box them up for the trip seperately if you think that would work better. Either way your fish are small so you shouldn't have any trouble.

Tanks should be fine in your truck bed but you can throw an old blanket under them(and bungee them) if you're worried about them.
 
Ok, I just want to make sure they get to their destination in the same shape they started in. I am already feeling bad enough about having to part with a lot of them, so I really want to make sure that my guys make it alright. My clown loaches are just starting to lose their colors as they get bigger and I really want to make sure they are fine, as 4" CL's are expensive around where I am and are almost impossible to find, a bunch at 2" but we all know what painful growers they are. Ok day of the move I will only have the fish in my tank that will be transported all other tanks will have been broken down and moved by then. 30 gallon rubbermaid, small heater(my 29g's heater), 30 gallon air pump and air stone, aquarium salt dosed for 30 gallons, don't feed for 3 days before move. That sound about right? If there is anything else I missed let me know. Also did you have problems with your plastic bin moving around I was thinking of wrapping a ratchet strap around the bin and fastening it to my oh $hit bar on the passenger side so it didn't move to much. What do you think?
 
thats why you fill up only half of the bin that way no bowing and no water splash. Didnt really have issues with tubs sliding around but just brace it to be safe, and also be careful with the heaters inside your tubs as you dont want to burn the trash bag or warp the tub.
 
Hmm, don't they make heater protectors so that fish don't get burned, maybe I could implement one of those onto the casing of the heater or make something myself out of some plastic. I'll hav to look at how big the footprints of the plastic rubbermaids are before I can really get an idea on how big the actual transport box will be. Half of a 30 gallon rubbermaid might not be big enough but then again it might, I'll have to go to wal-mart tomorrow while I'm out and look.
 
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