Moving with fish

[_Sushi_]

I'm going to be moving from Michigan to North Dakota sometime in the next 6 months, and I was wondering how I should move my fish.

Here's what I'm taking with me
1 redbelly piranha
2 common plecos
3 bettas
1 dragon goby
2 balloon mollies
and a crapload of goldfish.

by train it's a 30 hour trip. I'll have to come back and get some of them after I've settled into ND.

How should I move them? I'm taking a 75 gallon, a 35 hex, a 29, a 10, a 2.5 and some 1 gallons.

Thanks in advance

 

[Dreamsofpeace54]

damn 30 hours. thats a long time. your best bet is to get a rubbermaid bin of some sort, and a couple battery operated air bubblers. Bring fresh water with you and hope for the best! Good luck, theres a thread on this kind of thing around here somewhere.

 

[night flight]

Are you using a car or truck to move the tank's to ND? If so by the time you move the temps should be mid 70s to 80 degrees. If you have or prep several sponge filters and use battery air pumps ,then you can transport them in 3 or 4- 5 gallon pails. No feeding for 2-3 days before trip and during trip.

 

[xxt2goodxx]

do not feed them for 3-5 days... if anything have someone send them to you by mail once you get situated and ready at your new location with the tank cycled and everything if you can that would be the best way to do it but a little expensive cause of shipping

 

[FSM]

If possible, mail them all. It will be pricey, but maybe not as much as the price for all the supplies you will need to take with you. There is a thread in the articles section that will help you a lot, I think.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89557

 

[frankthetank]

Heres an article I found

http://www.helpiammoving.com/moving_house/moving_fish.php

 

[_Sushi_]

Thanks for the help

Shipping them out to me isn't an option, considering they'll have nowhere to live until their tanks are set up and cycled.

Now it's up between moving to OH instead, which would be so much easier. Even if I move to the bottom of the state it won't stress my babies out as much as a 30 hour drive.

The tanks would all have to be hauled in a truck, with all of my fish in the cab, although some of them would be able to go in a car. I'm having a problem deciding who's of higher priority, I know 2 of my fish are my favorites, and those are my male CT betta Raz who lives on my dresser, and Whiplash, my RBP.

I'll let y'all know where I'm going from here.

 

[ArcherintheBimmer]

When I move my fish around, I just use a 300w power inverter (really cheap these days) to power a pump and a heater for the drive. My fish are in a cooler with a hole drilled in the top for all the wires/hose to go in. Good luck moving them, always a bit on the scary side even with all the precautions made