im starting to look at grad school and im most likely moving out of state, closes school being florida or south carolina so 400+miles. i see alot of people selling their fish off to start a new when the move but id love to keep my fish and move them with me. has anyone moved their fish with them across long distances. i did my small 10g across my apartment complex this past fall when i moved and that was a pain.
moving with fish
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I would be consider getting moved in to your new place and buying a 2nd hand basic tank, setting it all up and ready to go.
Then make a visit home and pick up your fish, filters, lights etc. As long as you look after your filter media it will survive the trip. The fish can live in a chilly bin, maybe with a battery air pump for a 400mile trip. Because you are bringing your cycled filters you shouldn't have a big cycling issue in the new tank.
Then sell off your old tank to pay for the new one - or store it untill you get living some place more permanant - or next time you move.
I guess you could do it in one trip taking your tank. But the logistics of getting the tank stripped / moved 400 miles and set up again ready for the fish, in one day, sounds like a nightmare.
Cheers
Ian
Then make a visit home and pick up your fish, filters, lights etc. As long as you look after your filter media it will survive the trip. The fish can live in a chilly bin, maybe with a battery air pump for a 400mile trip. Because you are bringing your cycled filters you shouldn't have a big cycling issue in the new tank.
Then sell off your old tank to pay for the new one - or store it untill you get living some place more permanant - or next time you move.
I guess you could do it in one trip taking your tank. But the logistics of getting the tank stripped / moved 400 miles and set up again ready for the fish, in one day, sounds like a nightmare.
Cheers
Ian
Five gallon buckets with a small hole cut in the lid. You can get an electric adapter that works off the cig lighter. Run one air pump with split valve and run airstones to how ever many buckets it takes. Use the water from the tank, but don't use it to refill the tank when you set it up. The water will have too much ammonia. You will need to make sure you keep some air on your bio media also. Hope that helps.
Coolers work better if you need to retain heat. If the size of those are limiting, I'd recommend rubbermaid tote containers. I would not recommend filling up a glass aquarium and transporting that. All it takes is one pothole for it to bump against a hard object and crack.
Ianab;1452959; said:
OT. I have done a few 100km + trips with my fish. I used large buckets that were taller then they were wide. with wide containers, I found the water splashes around too much.
Don't feed your fish a day before you move them, keep the water aerated and temp stable.
also i would imagine that you wanna keep the water level a lil higer... nto all the way to the top so you have some move ment of air... but with more water i see less splashing happening... also try a search there have been some great threads on this
Here's an article with some decent basic info. I've heard new garbage bags in coolers is a good bet.
http://www.helpiammoving.com/moving_house/moving_fish.php
http://www.helpiammoving.com/moving_house/moving_fish.php
I used 2 regular sized coolers to move my fish. I moved 6 silver dollars (3-3.5"), 11 tiger barbs (1.5-2"), 2 corys (2"), 10 snails, 1 beta (2"), 1 dwarf puffer (1") in those 2 coolers. They stayed in there in the old tank water for about 10 hours with no aeration or heaters, just the biowheels from my filters. I lost 2 barbs but that was it.